Bed of Roses

1933
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1h 7m

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Constance Bennett in Bed of Roses (1933)

Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.

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Constance Bennett

Lorry Evans

Joel McCrea

John Halliday

Stephen Paige

Pert Kelton

Minnie Brown

Samuel S. Hinds

Father Doran
(as Samuel Hinds)

Franklin Pangborn

Floorwalker

Tom Herbert

Salesman Ogelthorpe
(as Tom Francis)

Wade Boteler

River Boat Purser
(uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

River Boat Steward
(uncredited)

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron
(uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Hoyt - Paige's Secretary
(uncredited)

John Larkin

Man Meeting Released Prisoner
(uncredited)

Matt McHugh

Mr. Jones
(uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

River Boat Captain Scroggins
(uncredited)

Eileen Percy

Woman
(unconfirmed)
(uncredited)

George Reed

Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook
(uncredited)

Mildred Washington

Genevieve - Lorry's Maid
(uncredited)

Director
- Gregory La Cava
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Trivia
The last of four films co-starring Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea, along with Born to Love (1931), The Common Law (1931), and Rockabye (1932).

Goofs
When Lorry is in her room on the steamboat, there is a fur coat on the top bunker resting up against the bedpost. On the following cuts, the orientation of the coat keeps changing. The matching hat on the top bunker also changes orientation.

Quotes
Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron: As Head Matron of his Institution, in all my experience, I have never come...
Lorry Evans: Save your wind, save your wind, you might want to go sailing sometime.

Soundtracks
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
(1903) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Armstrong
Lyric by Richard H. Gerard
Sung a cappella and offscreen by Matt McHugh and Pert Kelton

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6/10

Bed for Sale

Incorrigible and beautiful Constance Bennett (as Lorry Evans) and her gin-loving pal Pert Kelton (as Minnie Brown) are released from prison on the same day. Dressed to the nines, the pair set out to seduce and rob wealthy men on the way to New Orleans. Ostensibly a prostitute, Ms. Bennett nonetheless avoids sex by getting her victims too drunk to perform. An old trick. En route, Bennett meets and falls literally and figuratively for tall, dark and handsome Joel McCrea (as Dan). After robbing Mr. McCrea, Bennett installs herself as well-kept mistress to wealthy publisher John Halliday (as Stephen "Steve" Paige). As the film progresses, Bennett and the cast realize what you knew all along, but Bennett's past and present could prevent her future happiness with McCrea

****** Bed of Roses (6/29/33) Gregory La Cava ~ Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Pert Kelton, John Halliday