Director Frank Borzage earned his second Oscar for directing with this thoughtful Depression-era domestic drama. A young man and woman (James Dunn and Sally Eilers) meet, fall in love, and struggle to make a life for themselves in a New York tenement. The story is quintessential Borzage even as he edges his unqualified sympathy for the struggling couple with subtle social commentary.
Production: Fox Film Corp. Distribution: Fox Film Corp. Producer: Frank Borzage. Director: Frank Borzage. Based on the novel Bad Girl, by Viña Delmar and the play of the same name by Viña Delmar and Brian Marlowe. Screenwriter: Edwin Burke. Cinematographer: Chester Lyons. Art Director: William Darling. Editor: Margaret Clancy. With: James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Minna Gombel, William Pawley. 35mm, b/w, 90 min.
