Ladies Love Brutes
About Ladies Love Brutes
Joe Forziati, an Italian immigrant who has made himself a New York building contractor, decides to take up a social life. George Bancroft plays Joe, with Mary Astor and Fredric March.
Cast & crew
More about Ladies Love Brutes
Rowland V. Lee directed this pre-Code comedy from Zoë Akins's play Pardon My Glove. It runs 80 minutes.
Themes
Background
It is a 1930 talking comedy made before the Production Code was enforced.
Notes
- The source play is Pardon My Glove, not a newspaper story.
- Bancroft's character is a contractor, not a gangster, though he plays the part rough.
- Mary Astor and Fredric March are the society side of the cast.
Influenced by
- Pardon My Glove (play by Zoë Akins)
