A Woman's Man
Cast & Crew
Edward T. Ludwig
John Halliday
Wallace Ford
Kitty Kelly
Marguerite De La Motte
Jameson Thomas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Tempermental, selfish movie star Gloria Jordan walks out on her latest film assignment, ignoring the pleas of her director and longtime admirer, Tom Cleary, and the cajoling of her friend and secretary, Molly Evans. Although beleaguered by Gloria's tirades and stunts, Tom, who was once in love with the actress, gives in to her whims and protects her from unfavorable criticism. When Gloria glimpses young prizefighter Joe Flynn while horseback riding one day, Tom introduces her to him. To be near Joe, Gloria feigns a nervous breakdown and is sent to recuperate near his training camp, where she succeeds in seducing him. Although the fight for the middleweight championship of the world is less than a month away, Gloria disregards warnings by Joe's manager, Pete Miller, and Tom that she might jeopardize Joe's career. Later, however, Gloria hears that wealthy social lion Roger Pentley, a devoted admirer, has returned to Hollywood, and leaves Joe at the camp without saying goodbye. When Tom hears of Gloria's plans to marry Pentley, he tells her that the fresh and honest woman she was ten years ago is now worshipping the great god Four Flush. The night before his championship fight, Joe visits Gloria at her house and overhears her tell Pentley that her interest in him is strictly for publicity reasons. During the championship match, Joe spots Gloria and Pentley together and, dropping his guard, is knocked out by his opponent, Mike Ferrara. Feeling remorse for causing his defeat, Gloria goes to see Joe in the hospital, where he tells her that he lost the fight to deprive her of her headlines. She admits she was greedy and promises to marry Joe tomorrow.
Director
Edward T. Ludwig
Cast
John Halliday
Wallace Ford
Kitty Kelly
Marguerite De La Motte
Jameson Thomas
Wallis Clark
Don Douglas
Leigh Allen
George Mayo
Harry Green
Jack Perry
Billie Van Every
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Although contemporary sources claim that Marguerite De La Motte, who earned her reputation as a Douglas Fairbanks co-star, made her sound film debut in this production, her first "talkie" actually was the 1930 film Shadow Ranch. Several reviewers noted the similarity between the "Joe Flynn" character and Max Baer. Baer, who was famous for his flamboyant, "comic" ring style, won the heavyweight boxing championship in June 1934. According to Monogram publicity articles, "several nationally famous Hollywood high spots" were featured in this production, including Sid Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Brass Rail restaurant. In addition, publicity items claim that an "exact reproduction" of a lavish Lake Arrowhead lodge was built for the production. A Woman's Man was the first film to "benefit from the increased budget as voted by the Monogram franchise holders," according to publicity notices.
