Expensive Women (1931)

Directed by

Hobart Henley

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

A drama about a woman navigating romance and society in the early 1930s. The film follows her journey as a leading lady in Hollywood.

datedmelancholicmutedunderstatedbittersweetintrospectiveslow-paced

What happens

Expensive Women is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by silent film veteran Hobart Henley and stars Dolores Costello. It was Costello's final film as a leading lady and star for Warners, which she had been since 1925. She retired to be the wife of John Barrymore and to raise their family. Costello would return to films five years later after a long hiatus and the end of her marriage to Barrymore, but never regained the luster she enjoyed as a Warners star. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• The Lady Who Dared (1931)
• Women Love Once (1931)
• Sunday of Life (1931)
• Spanish Nights (1931)
• Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
• My Sin (1931)
• Left Over Ladies (1931)
• The Men Around Lucy (1931)
• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.