Ladies of the Big House

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Ladies of the Big House
"Ladies of the Big House" movie ad - from, The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1932 (page 23 crop).jpg
Directed by Marion Gering
Screenplay by Ernest Booth
William Slavens McNutt
Grover Jones
Starring Sylvia Sidney
Gene Raymond
Wynne Gibson
Earle Foxe
Rockliffe Fellowes
Purnell Pratt
Frank Sheridan
Cinematography John Leipold
Edited by David Abel
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ladies of the Big House is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Ernest Booth, William Slavens McNutt and Grover Jones. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson, Earle Foxe, Rockliffe Fellowes, Purnell Pratt and Frank Sheridan. The film was released on December 26, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Plot

Young florist Kathleen Storm (Sylvia Sidney) is instantly the object of desire of a young man standing in front of the shopwindow, where she is arranging flowers. They have two wonderful weeks in their life together before they marry. The same day her criminal ex-boyfriend Kid Athens (Earle Foxe), who heard about her wedding, decides to frame her and her new husband. She and her husband Standish (Gene Raymond) end up in prison. He is sentenced to death penalty on a charge of murder and she to a life sentence. In prison she meets a woman, Susie Thompson (Wynne Gibson), who was Kid Athens' girlfriend before her, who after an initial raging jealousy ends up helping her to tell the authorities the truth about Kid Athens and she and her husband's innocence. Justice wins and the couple can finally have a honeymoon on a ship.

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References

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  2. "Ladies of the Big House (1931) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 21, 2015.