Sin Takes a Holiday
About Sin Takes a Holiday
Sylvia Brenner, a plainly dressed secretary, works for divorce lawyer Gaylord Stanton, who only goes out with married women. When Grace Lawrence says she will leave her husband to marry him, he pays Sylvia to marry him in name only and sends her to Paris. She spends the money on clothes and meets his friend Reggie Durant, who asks her to divorce Gaylord and marry him. She comes home. Grace makes another try at Gaylord, and then Gaylord and Sylvia decide they want the marriage.
Cast & crew
More about Sin Takes a Holiday
Horace Jackson wrote the screenplay from a story by Robert Milton and Dorothy Cairns. E. B. Derr produced for Pathé Exchange. RKO Radio Pictures distributed the film on 10 November 1930, after RKO’s takeover of Pathé, and reissued it in 1931. Daniel Mandell edited. E. J. Babille was assistant director. Wikipedia lists the budget as $450,000 and the box office as $623,000.
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John J. Mescall photographed the Pathé comedy.
Music
Francis Gromon is the music credit on the Wikipedia page.
Notes
- Constance Bennett plays Sylvia Brenner. Kenneth MacKenna plays Gaylord Stanton. Basil Rathbone plays Reggie Durant. Rita La Roy plays Grace Lawrence. ZaSu Pitts plays Annie, Sylvia’s roommate.
- Louis John Bartels plays Richards. John Roche plays Sheridan. Fred Walton plays the butler.
- A copy on the Wikipedia article runs 1 hour 20 minutes 55 seconds. The listed release length is 75 minutes.
Scenes
- Stanton offers Sylvia money to marry him so Grace cannot.
- In Paris, Reggie Durant asks her to divorce Stanton.
- Back home, Grace tries again, and Stanton and Sylvia choose each other.
Also available
- Internet Archive (SinTakesAHoliday)
- Wikimedia Commons (Sin Takes a Holiday (1930).webm)
