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Bed of Roses

Rebels at the Typewriter • 1h 7m

Directed by Gregory La Cava • 1933 • United States
Starring Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday

This delightful pre-Code romance from MY MAN GODFREY director Gregory La Cava stars Constance Bennett and Pert Kelton as Lorry and Minnie, a pair of wisecracking shady ladies who leave prison determined to find the good life by chiseling rich men in New Orleans. Things don’t go quite as planned when Lorry meets and falls in love with cotton-barge captain Dan (and who could blame her when he’s played by sexy young Joel McCrea?), forcing her to choose between love and money.

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