Bed of Roses (1933 film)

Bed of Roses
original film poster
Directed by	Gregory LaCava Charles Kerr (assistant)
Written by	Wanda Tuchock Gregory LaCava Eugene Thackrey
Starring	Constance Bennett Joel McCrea Pert Kelton
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 14, 1933 (1933-07-14)
Running time	67 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Bed of Roses (1933) is a pre-Code comedy film co-written and directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Constance Bennett. The picture was released by RKO Radio Pictures with a supporting cast featuring Joel McCrea and Pert Kelton.

Plot and production background

Lorry (Constance Bennett) and Minnie (Pert Kelton) portray a pair of rollickingly wanton prostitutes who occasionally get hapless male admirers drunk before robbing them. After being released from a Louisiana jail they head downriver on a steamboat. Lorry steals $60, and when she is cornered, she jumps ship. She is rescued by cotton barge skipper Dan (Joel McCrea) but she robs him, too. In New Orleans, she tricks publishing magnate Stephen into getting drunk and blackmails him into lavishly providing for her. She returns to the cotton barge and repays Dan his "loan" and they fall in love. Stephen threatens to expose her past, causing her to leave him but not to return to Dan, whom she had agreed to marry. When Stephen cannot persuade her to return to him, he realizes that she really does love Dan, and he effectuates their reunion with the help of the now married, Minnie.

Cast

• Constance Bennett as Lorry Evans
• Joel McCrea as Dan
• John Halliday as Stephen Paige
• Pert Kelton as Minnie
• Samuel S. Hinds as Father Doran (as Samuel Hinds)
• Franklin Pangborn as Floorwalker
• Tom Francis as Salesman

External links

• Bed of Roses at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Bed of Roses at IMDb