No More Ladies
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E. J. Babille (assistant)
Horace Jackson
1934 play
by A.E.Thomas
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| Directed by | Edward H. Griffith[1] E. J. Babille (assistant) |
| Screenplay by | Donald Ogden Stewart Horace Jackson |
| Based on | No More Ladies 1934 play by A.E.Thomas |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Joan Crawford Robert Montgomery Charlie Ruggles Franchot Tone Vivienne Osborne |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh[2] |
| Edited by | Frank E. Hull[2] |
| Music by | Edward Ward |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $765,000[3] |
| Box office | $1,623,000[3] |
No More Ladies is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith. The film stars Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, and co-stars Charlie Ruggles, Franchot Tone, and Edna May Oliver. The screenplay credited to Donald Ogden Stewart and Horace Jackson is based on a stage comedy of the same name by A.E. Thomas.[4]
Marcia is a young socialite who shares her New York home with her grandmother, Fanny Townsend. Marcia is a firm believer that a couple must be faithful to one another, unlike her peers who do not feel so strongly. Marcia meets Jim, who agrees with her on the subject of a couple's monogamy and pursues her. Marcia, however, decides to pursue Sherry, whom Marcia sees as a challenge and seeks to cure him of his philandering and womanizing nature.
After a night at a club where some of Sherry's past flings swirl about him, the couple discuss the institution of marriage and have clearly divergent views. Despite this, Marcia and Sherry are married, yet Sherry continues to be flirtatious. Even on their honeymoon, Sherry talks with the gorgeous Sally French. Later, when the newly married couple returns home, Sherry goes home with a friend's date, Theresa German, and doesn't return that night. Marcia realizes her philandering husband has already ruined their marriage. Sherry admits to spending the night with Theresa and admits his infidelity in a rather abrupt and unapologetic manner.
Marcia decides to teach her husband a lesson by having a party to which she invites Sherry's former flames along with their mates. Marcia announces that she intends to be unfaithful to her husband, by having a fling with Jim, who still cares for Marcia. Marcia and Jim escape from the party during a game of charades, and she returns the next morning. Sherry then sees how much his wife loves him and is convinced to reform his former ways. In any event, Marcia remained faithful to her beliefs and her husband and did not go through as she planned.
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Rachel Crothers created the original screen adaptation, but had her name removed from the screen credits, publicly dissatisfied with the studio's changes to her screenplay; other uncredited writers were Edith Fitzgerald and George Oppenheimer.[2] Griffith's illness prevented him from finishing the film, so George Cukor took over as director (but declined a screen credit).[2]
Crawford made the film in her tenth year as an MGM contract player; the film was Joan Fontaine's big-screen debut.[2]
