Laughing Sinners
| Laughing Sinners | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Written by | Continuity: Bess Meredyth Dialogue: Martin Flavin Edith Fitzgerald |
| Based on | Torch Song 1930 play by Kenyon Nicholson |
| Starring | Joan Crawford Neil Hamilton Clark Gable |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Charles H. Gabriel Martin Broones Ina D. Ogden |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $338,000[1] |
| Box office | $765,000[1] |
Laughing Sinners is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in a story about a cafe entertainer who experiences spiritual redemption. The dialogue by Martin Flavin was based upon the play Torch Song by Kenyon Nicholson. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont. Laughing Sinners was the second of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable.
Plot
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Cast
- Joan Crawford as Ivy Stevens
- Neil Hamilton as Howard Palmer
- Clark Gable as Carl Loomis
- Marjorie Rambeau as Ruby
- Guy Kibbee as Cass Wheeler
- Cliff Edwards as Mike
- Roscoe Karns as Fred Geer
- Gertrude Short as Edna
- George Cooper as Joe
- George F. Marion as Humpty
- Bert Woodruff as Tink
Production
Casting
Crawford and Rambeau, who both play chorus girls in Laughing Sinners, would go on to play mother (Rambeau) and daughter (Crawford) in the film Torch Song in 1953. "Torch Song" is the name of the play on which Laughing Sinners is based.
Reception
Critical reception
Andre Sennwald commented in The New York Times, "Miss Crawford...has tempered the intense and not a little self-conscious quality of her acting without hurting her vibrant and breath-catching spirit."[2]
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $624,000 in the US and Canada and $141,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $156,000.[1]
See also
References
External links
- Laughing Sinners at IMDb
- Laughing Sinners at AllMovie
- Laughing Sinners at the TCM Movie Database
- Laughing Sinners at the American Film Institute Catalog
