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Three on a Match
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- Writer: John Bright; Kubec Glasmon
- Producer: Samuel Bischoff; Raymond Griffith
CGiii Comment
Early appearances of Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart - in a somewhat rushed little film with big ideas.
The lesbian interest is slight - a very short scene in a women's reform school where men are branded 'trouble' and should be left completely alone.
This is a morality piece - it's is essentially about the loss and gain of dignity - powerful stuff...but, handled with a clumsy and unsubtle hand.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Three women who were childhood schoolmates take different paths in life. Vivian marries a very wealthy lawyer and has an adorable boy. Mary, on the other hand, takes the hard road through reform school. After a superstitious faux pas, Vivian's luck turns. She strays from her steadfast husband to a life of debauchery and alcoholism. Meanwhile, Mary turns her life around and not only wins the heart of Vivian's ex-husband, but also becomes a loving step-mother to Vivian's only child. Then Vivian's worthless boyfriend makes a desperate move.
Cast & Characters
Virginia Davis as Mary Keaton as a Child;
Joan Blondell as Mary Keaton, aka Mary Bernard;
Anne Shirley as Vivian Revere as a Child;
Ann Dvorak as Vivian Revere Kirkwood;
Betty Carse as Ruth Wescott as a child;
Bette Davis as Ruth Wescott;
Warren William as Robert Kirkwood;
Lyle Talbot as Michael Loftus;
Humphrey Bogart as Harve;
Allen Jenkins as Dick;
Edward Arnold as Ace;
Hardie Albright as Phil;
Herman Bing as Prof. Irving Finklestein;
Clara Blandick as Mrs. Keaton;
Dick Brandon as Horace