{"id":5290,"date":"2008-02-14T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2021-01-18T00:11:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T07:11:17","slug":"greeks-had-a-word-for-them-the-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"Greeks Had a Word For Them, The \/ Three Broadway Girls (1932)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve met you before &#8212; I never forget a face, and you <em>are<\/em> good looking, you know!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-It-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-It-Poster-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-It-Poster-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-It-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-It-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThree former showgirls &#8212; Schatzi (Joan Blondell), Polaire (Madge Evans), and Jean (Ina Claire) &#8212; hoping to land sugar daddies find their friendship compromised when Jean repeatedly butts in on the other girls&#8217; conquests.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold Diggers<\/li>\n<li>Joan Blondell Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis early cinematic adaptation of Zoe Akins&#8217; Broadway play &#8212; later remade (and substantially rewritten) as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3936\"><em>How to Marry a Millionaire<\/em> (1953)<\/a> &#8212; is a disappointment. The primary problem lies in the way the character of Jean is written: while Ina Claire gives a marvelously over-the-top performance: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire-1024x792.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire-128x99.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire-349x270.png 349w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire.png 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; it defies belief that Schatze and Polaire would continue their friendship with her given her history of rampant double-crossing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell-1024x800.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell-1024x800.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell-346x270.png 346w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Blondell.png 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it&#8217;s deeply unpleasant to watch Jean ruthlessly edging in on one relationship after the other while her friends stand by helplessly &#8212; by the end of the film, she&#8217;s becomes somewhat of a villainess, a development out of keeping for a story presumably about female solidarity. Ultimately, it&#8217;s just not very enjoyable to watch these three unlikely friends pursuing their (uninteresting and instantly forgettable) male catches. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ina Claire as Jean<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3-1024x792.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3-128x99.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3-349x270.png 349w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Greeks-Had-a-Word-For-Them-Claire3.png 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; the remake is infinitely better.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0022961\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1932\/02\/04\/archives\/edward-g-robinson-in-a-chinese-tong-story-called-the-hatchet-man.html\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve met you before &#8212; I never forget a face, and you are good looking, you know!&#8221; Synopsis: Three former showgirls &#8212; Schatzi (Joan Blondell), Polaire (Madge Evans), and Jean (Ina Claire) &#8212; hoping to land sugar daddies find their friendship compromised when Jean repeatedly butts in on the other girls&#8217; conquests. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Gold Diggers Joan Blondell Films Play Adaptation Rivalry Romantic Comedy Review: This early cinematic adaptation of Zoe Akins&#8217; Broadway play &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5290\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64093,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions\/64093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}