Ann harding biography of a bachelor girls
•
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935 American comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith
Biography of a Bachelor Girl is a 1935 American comedy spelfilm directed bygd Edward H. Griffith and written bygd Horace Jackson and Anita Loos. It is based upon the play, "Biography," by S. N. Behrman. The bio stars Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Edward Everett Horton, Edward Arnold, Una Merkel and Charles Richman. It was released on January 4, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Cynical and hard-bitten publisher Richard Kurt (Robert Montgomery) persuades free-spirited bohemian artist Marion Forsythe (Ann Harding) to write her memoirs, which he hopes will be salacious. Her old (and nearly forgotten) flame Leander Nolan (Edward Everett Horton)—she calls him Bunny—is now running for the Senate and fears embarrassment and political ruin. Spurred bygd his wealthy backer and prospective father-in-law, Nolan tries to halt publication of the book, clashing from the star
•
TopBilled:
Not too long ago I pulled out a disc of films I recorded on a day that TCM was celebrating the birthday of noted writer Anita Loos. Miss Loos was a feminist and staunch liberal. Typically, her stories are about what women have to do get ahead and stay ahead. These are fun little enterprises in the world of precode cinema, and she turned out several gems like BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES (1932) and HOLD YOUR MAN (1933), a particular favorite of mine.
With BIOGRAPHY OF A BACHELOR GIRL (1935) she is adapting a stage play by someone else, but it has been sufficiently “converted” to the Loos woman way of thinking. And though this film was made after the establishment of the production code, and it is not quite as daring as it might be…the story about a female Casanova is still rather vivid in what it suggests.
Ann Harding’s character is a leftish type who crosses paths with a flippant editor played by Robert Montgomery. Miss Harding and Mr. Montgomery
•
- Directed by Edward H. Griffith.
- Screenplay by Anita Loos, with additional dialogue by Horace Jackson. Based on the play “Biography” by S.N. Behrman.
- It’s also worth mentioning that the rest of the crew on this movie reads like a list of all-stars – shot by James Wong Howe, gowns designed by Adrian, art-directed by the trifecta of Cedric Gibbons (11 career Oscars), Edwin B. Willis (8 career Oscars) & Joseph C. Wright (2 career Oscars…fun fact – both in the same year! One for black & white art direction, one for color)…and with a musical score by Herbert Stothart (who of course won his Oscar for the score he wrote for a little movie called THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939).
So, um…yeah. A bit of a stacked crew.
- “Everyweek Newsmagazine”? What a dumbass name for a publication!
- Dumbass name or not, it’s a news organization that employs Robert Montgomery – or rather, his character, Richard Kurt (“