Girl Said No

UPC: 883316262870

Studio: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: Screenland magazine summed up the William Haines vehicle The Girl Said No thusly: "The star plays another of his cut-up roles that make the critics gnash their teeth and the audience chortle." Had this review been printed in the 1990s, the character played by Haines might have been labelled a demented stalker; in 1930, however, he was merely whimsically over-enthusiastic. The star plays go-getting bond salesman Tom Ward, who can't take no for an answer when his sweetie Mary Howe (Leila Hyams) throws him over in favor of a collar-ad wimp named McAndrews (Francis X. Bushman Jr.) Tom continues to hound Mary at home and at her job, and when all other tactics fail, he kidnaps her from her own wedding, merrily driving off with the outraged heroine bound and gagged in the back seat! Almost as "funny" as this denouement is the scene in which Tom poses as a doctor and gets his "patient" roaring drunk. Only the antics of Marie Dressler (as a reclusive Hetty Green-style financier) and Polly Moran save this so-called comedy from being an utter disaster. The dialogue in The Girl Said No was written by Charles MacArthur, who hopefully didn't use Bill Haines's caveman tactics while courting his own bride, actress Helen Hayes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Romance

Girl Said No

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/20/2010

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Cast and Crew: William V. Mong  Actor 
Frank Coghlan, Jr.  Actor 
Francis X. Bushman, Jr.  Actor 
Charles MacArthur  Screenwriter 
Sarah Y. Mason  Screenwriter 
Sam Wood  Director 
William Haines  Actor 
Leila Hyams  Actor 
Polly Moran  Actor 
Marie Dressler  Actor 
Clara Blandick  Actor 
William Janney  Actor 
Phyllis Crane  Actor 

Country: USA