Back Street

Hello everyone and welcome. In today's movie from 1932 called Back Street we better get out the Kleenex, because we're gonna need a whole box. Our story takes place in Cincinnati, let's say 1920s. We find a young girl named Ray. Now Ray works in her father's shop. Nothing wrong with this except Ray is what one would call a party girl. Not just weekends for her, she parties seven days a week. A free spirit one could say. Ray also dates for fun, much to the disapproval of her father and stepmother. Then along comes Kurt, who owns his own shop and falls hard for Ray. Unfortunately Ray does not feel the same way towards Kurt. BIG MISTAKE, well that's how I at least feel. One day while hanging out with Kurt, Ray meets handsome Walter Saxel and sparks fly. But Walter is already engaged to someone else. Walter is hopeful that the two can be together if he can just get her to meet his mother. Well I think you can kind of guess where this is going and keep the Kleenex on stand by. One thing leads to another and Ray can't make it to meet his mother, simply because she has a sister who needed some serious help. Years past and wouldn't you know it they run into one another again. Sparks start flying again. Will they be together, will Ray accept Walter idea of a relationship, will his children accept her or will Ray and Walter have their own Romeo and Juliet style ending. Oh this story is really something for 1932. It was made pre-code and based on the book by Fannie Hurst, remakes were made in 41 and again in 61. Staring in this sad tale we have...the lovely Irene Dunne as Ray, George Meeker as Kurt, John Boles as Walter, ZaSu Pitts as Mrs. Dole, June Clyde as Freda, William Bakewell as Richard "Dick" Saxel, Arletta Duncan as Beth, Shirley Grey as Francine, Doris Lloyd as Corinne, Paul Weigel as her father Adolph, Jane Darwell as his wife, James Donlan as Phothero, Walter Catlett as Bakeless, Robert McWade as Uncle Felix and Maude Turner Gordon as Walter's mother. So let's make some Suffering Bastard cocktails (yes it's a real cocktail) and try not to cry into them. Also thanks so much for watching.

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