- Millie (film)
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Millie
Theatrical posterDirected by John Francis Dillon Produced by Charles R. Rogers Written by Novel:
Donald Henderson Clarke
Screenplay:
Charles KenyonStarring 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.
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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
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c.1993
External links
Categories:- 1931 films
- American films
- Black-and-white films
- English-language films
- RKO Pictures films
- Films directed by John Francis Dillon
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