Expensive Women
| Expensive Women | |
|---|---|
 1931 lobby poster | |
| Directed by | Hobart Henley |
| Produced by |
First National Warner Brothers |
| Written by |
Raymond Griffith Harry F. Thew |
| Based on |
Passionate Sonata by Wilson Collison |
| Starring |
Dolores Costello H. B. Warner Warren William Anthony Bushell |
| Cinematography | William Rees |
| Edited by | Desmond O'Brien |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release dates | October 24, 1931 |
Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Expensive Women is a 1931 talking film drama. It is very much a Pre-Code type of story. It was produced by First National and distributed through their parent company Warner Brothers. The film was directed by silent film veteran Hobart Henley and starred Dolores Costello. This film was Costello's final film as a Warner Brothers leading lady and star of which she had been since 1925. She retired to be the wife of John Barrymore and to raise their family. Costello would return to films 5 years later after a long hiatus from films and the end of her marriage to Barrymore but never to the luster she enjoyed as a Warners star.[1][2]
Cast
- Dolores Costello as Constance 'Connie' Newton
- H. B. Warner as Melville Raymond
- Warren William as Neil Hartley
- Anthony Bushell as Arthur Raymond
- Polly Walters as Molly Lane
- Joe Donahue as Bobby Brandon
- George Irving as Melville's friend
- Billy House as George Allison
- uncredited
- Allan Lane as partier
- Mae Madison as Irene
- Margaret Mann
- Cliff Saum as Taxi Driver
- Morgan Wallace as Young Man
- Adele Watson as Martha, Connie's Maid
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Expensive Women
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c.1993