Starring: Kay Francis, Joel McCrea, Lilyan Tashman, Eugene Pallette, Alan Dinehart

Hosted by Caroline Golum and Cristina Cacioppo. Followed by an afterparty in Trees Lounge with a DJ set of pre-code era tunes from Owen Kline plus our signature cocktail special “Blonde in Hell.”

Depression-era desperation and girlish camaraderie is the order of the day in this early work from seminal screwballer George Cukor!

Pre-code fixture Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman star as down-and-out dames who eke out a meager living as paid companions for out-of-town businessmen. As escorts Wanda and Marie, the pennywise pair prefer to keep things strictly commercial, but sparks fly when a flippant millionaire (iconic character actor Eugene Pallette) enlists their charm labor for a raucous yacht party. Hijinks, naturally, ensue in this convoluted romcom from America’s Lubitsch (Lubtisch himself not withstanding).