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Release Date: 1931 Cast: Frank McHugh, Anita Louise, John Halliday, Helen Twelvetrees, Edmund Breese, Lilyan Tashman, James Hall, Joan Blondell, Robert Ames
Categories: Movies, Melodrama, Black-and-white, Crime Drama Millie (1931) is a Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke, the movie stars Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, James Hall, and Joan Blondell.
In 1959, the film entered the public domain in the USA due to the copyright claimants failure to renew the copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
Millie is a naive young woman who marries a wealthy man from New York. Three years later, we see her with her young daughter in an unhappy marriage. She finds that her husband betrays her and... MORE
Millie (1931) is a Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke, the movie stars Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, James Hall, and Joan Blondell.
In 1959, the film entered the public domain in the USA due to the copyright claimants failure to renew the copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
Millie is a naive young woman who marries a wealthy man from New York. Three years later, we see her with her young daughter in an unhappy marriage. She finds that her husband betrays her and she gets a divorce. Because of her pride, she does not want his money and leaves her daughter with her ex-husband. Millie finds a job selling cigarettes in a hotel. She has many admirers and she likes to flirt but she prefers to live independently, not committing to any of her lovers. She gets a promotion and becomes financially independent. She falls in love with the reporter Tommy but when he cheats on her, too she becomes bitter and and over time withdraws from social life.
Years later, Jimmy, a wealthy businessman and politician who always wanted to marry her but was rejected, still obsesses LESS
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