Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses

1933. USA. Directed by Gregory La Cava. With Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Pert Kelton. Freshly released from a Louisiana women’s prison, Constance Bennett and Pert Kelton are a pair of down-market hookers who hope to improve their circumstances by becoming ladies of leisure in New Orleans—a project that goes awry for Connie when she gets a gander at cotton barge captain Joel McCrea. Some strikingly explicit dialogue (“Where did this $2 bill come from?”) balances the warmly played romance. 35mm. 70 min.