Millie (film)

Millie
Theatrical poster
Directed by	John Francis Dillon
Produced by	Charles R. Rogers
Written by	Novel: Donald Henderson Clarke Screenplay: Charles Kenyon
Starring	Helen Twelvetrees
Music by	Nacio Herb Brown
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Editing by	Fred Allen
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	February 6, 1931
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Millie (1931) is a Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke, the movie stars Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, James Hall,^[1] and Joan Blondell.

Plot

Millie is a young woman who leaves her child to live with her philandering ex-husband, but later becomes an independent woman who gets involved with several married men. After her friends pursue her to become one, Millie changes into a golddigger. She is let down by men yet again when it becomes clear her boyfriend is cheating on her.

Years pass by and Millie now is a tough woman who has closed love out of her life. She discovers her former admirer Jimmy is now out to get a relationship with her 17-year old daughter Connie. Millie shoots and kills him and must face the jury.

Lawyer Gabriele Law decides that Millie should only be charged with community service as Jimmy was a horrific fool. However, Christopher, her husband, decides to leave her on the motive that she saved a murderer from prison. The story leads on from here in a series of mischievous events.

Cast

• Helen Twelvetrees as Millie Blake Maitland
• Lilyan Tashman as Helen Riley
• Robert Ames as Tommy Rock
• James Hall as Jack Maitland
• John Halliday as Jimmy Damier
• Joan Blondell as Angie Wickerstaff
• Anita Louise as Connie Maitland
• Edmund Breese as Bob O'Fallon
• Frank McHugh as Johnny Holmes
• Charlotte Walker as Mrs Maitland
• Franklin Parker as Spring
• Charles Delaney as Mike
• Harry Stubbs as Mark Marks

References

1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c.1993

External links

• Millie at the Internet Movie Database
• Millie; allrovi.com /synopsis