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MGM, 1938. Directed by
Richard Thorpe. Camera: Karl Freund. With
Myrna Loy,
Franchot Tone,
Rosalind Russell,
Walter Pidgeon,
Rita Johnson, Nana Bryant, Ruth Hussey, Leonard Penn, John Miljan, William
Stack, Oscar O'Shea, Dan Toby, Henry Davenport, Jack Norton, Marie Blake,
Aileen Pringle, Grace Hayle, Bob Evans, Laura Treadwell, Mary Howard,
Frances Reid, Betty Blythe, Dorothy Vaughn, Claude King, Julius Molnar, Jr.,
May Beatty, Matt McHugh, Charles Williams, George Chandler, Harvey Clark,
Bob Davis, Eric Alden, Hal LeSeuer, Francis X. Bushman, Jr.,
Gwen Lee,
Edward Hearn, Arthur Housman, Irving Bacon, Dick Winslow, Naomi Childers. |
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Mimi Swift, the daughter of popular
romance novelist Meg Swift, is in love with playboy Alan Wythe.
Although Meg's friend, newspaper artist Jimmy Kilmartin, tries to
warn Mimi that Alan is only after money and good times, Mimi is
still shaken when she receives a telegram inviting her to be a
bridesmaid at his wedding to heiress Elizabeth Kent. Mimi
attends the wedding, feigning happiness for the couple, but gets
drunk and secretly tells Alan that soon she will go after him again.
That night, Jimmy finds Mimi in a bar
and tells her to do something with her life. Her mother
concurs and helps her get an apartment and a job as an illustrator
on Jimmy's paper.
Several months later, Mimi is content
with her job and has earned Jimmy's respect. When Alan and
Elizabeth return from their honeymoon, Mimi claims to be over him
and asks him to be her friend. The idea of a friendship with a
woman intrigues Alan and he invites her to a boxing match a few days
later. Their good time is observed, however, by a worried Meg
and Jimmy, who are also at the fight, and the next day she confesses
to them that she still loves Alan. She also calls Elizabeth
and tells her that she and Alan are in love, but have done nothing
wrong.
That evening, Elizabeth encourages Alan
to go out alone and he goes to Mimi's apartment. Elizabeth
arrives soon after and tells Mimi that Alan is too selfish to love
anyone, but is comfortable with her understanding and money.
When she leaves, Alan tells Mimi that Elizabeth is right and goes
back to her.
Hurt, Mimi goes to Jimmy and they take a
ride to Meg's house on Long Island after resolving to be friends and
not fight any longer. When they tell Meg about their new
friendship, however, Meg tells them that they have been in love all
along. After denials, they kiss and realize that Meg was right
after all, ending a beautiful friendship.
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