Sinners in the Sun
Cast & Crew
Alexander Hall
Carole Lombard
Chester Morris
Adrienne Ames
Alison Skipworth
Cary Grant
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Doris Blake models clothes for New York's society women. When her car mechanic boyfriend, Jimmie Martin, proposes, Doris insists they wait to marry until they have more money, refusing to live as her family does, unambitious and in a crowded house without privacy. Angry that Doris believes he has no ambition, Jimmie takes a job as chauffeur for millionaire Claire Kinkaid, who has all the luxuries of life except a man to love. At a fashion show on Long Island, Doris, meanwhile, meets wealthy playboy Eric Nelson, who is soon to be divorced. When Doris spends a series of late nights with Eric, her father kicks her out, then tells Jimmie she is running around with a married man. Angry and hurt, Jimmie marries Claire, although both of them know he still loves Doris. Eric and Doris, meanwhile, drink and gamble in high society. One night, Doris' friend, Lil, who loves handsome playboy Ridgeway, kills herself when she realizes he will never love, much less marry, her. Later at a party, Jimmie meets a young fortune hunter who is married to an older, rich woman, who calls Jimmie a gigolo. Jimmie leaves in anger and runs into Doris, whom he insults, telling her, "You know what you are." When Ridgeway tells Doris that Eric has left for Europe with his wife but has left her a check, she leaves for Santa Barbara, CA. Sorry for the way he treated Doris, Jimmie parts amicably from Claire. Doris, meanwhile, has taken a job with a dressmaker in Santa Barbara. Eric tracks her there and tells her that he divorced in Paris and wants to marry her. She refuses his proposal, then finds him trying to sell a car to her boss. Later they meet in the elevator, swear their love and kiss.
Cast
Carole Lombard
Chester Morris
Adrienne Ames
Alison Skipworth
Cary Grant
Walter Byron
Rita La Roy
Reginald Barlow
Zita Moulton
Luke Cosgrove
Ida Lewis
Russ Clark
Frances Moffett
Pierre De Ramey
Veda Buckland
Florence Turner
Florence Lawrence
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title for this film was The Beachcomber. William C. de Mille directed this film for the first two weeks of shooting, but according to a February 23, 1932 Hollywood Reporter news item, conditions were not to his liking and he walked off the set. Los Angeles Herald Express reported on February 22, 1932 that de Mille took the job reluctantly because Paramount needed a director, but as the shooting progressed, he decided David Burton would be better suited to handle the "wild, jazzy stuff." Variety reported on February 23, 1932 that William Schorr was to "stage the dialogue," but no evidence that he worked on the production has been found. By March 9, 1932, Hollywood Reporter announced that the story had to be rewritten, that much of the early scenes had to be reshot, and that the shooting would require eight weeks instead of the scheduled three to four. It is not known if any of de Mille's footage was used in the final film. Although Paramount had announced David Burton as the replacement director and he was listed as director in an ad in Film Daily on March 24, 1932, Alexander Hall actually did the job. The Motion Picture Herald and Variety reviews credit Vincent Lawrence along with Waldemar Young and Samuel Hoffenstein with screenplay. Actress Theresa Harris was identified in a production still from the film, but her appearance in the released film has not been confirmed.
