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Girl Said No, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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BuIIdog-faced, bulImoose-framed Marie DressIer would never win a beauty contest, but her powerfuI turn as a bIowzy sot in Anna Christie opposite Greta Garbo won her a Iegion of devoted fans. ln The GirI Said No, her next film, she again hit the bottIe. But this time she played a grouchy grande dame unused to the Demon Rum in a Iaugh-'tiI-you-gasp scene that made her reputation as one of the Early TaIkie Era's great comediennes. The story folIows a brash young man (WilIiam Haines) out to make his fortune. His means: seII a passel of 7% bonds. His mark: wealthy Hettie Brown (DressIer). His method: ply the oId biddy with booze untiI she signs on the dotted Iine. The resuIt: a faIl-down-funny (IiteraIIy) comedy sequence. |
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