{"id":5875,"date":"2008-08-10T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T00:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2020-12-14T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T22:31:34","slug":"floradora-girl-the-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5875","title":{"rendered":"Floradora Girl, The (1930)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If he <em>should<\/em> mention matrimony, insist on a practical sign of affection &#8212; and remember: there&#8217;s nothing so practical as jewelry!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA chorus girl (Marion Davies) is wooed by a wealthy suitor (Lawrence Gray), who mistakenly believes she&#8217;s a gold-digger.\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>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Gold Diggers<\/li>\n<li>Marion Davies Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Showgirls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/marion-davies\">Marion Davies<\/a> is primarily remembered today as William Randolph Hearst&#8217;s long-time lover, and for being the inspiration behind talentless opera singer Susan Alexander in 1941&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42173\"><em>Citizen Kane<\/em><\/a>. As many have noted, however, these unfortunate associations are a shame, given that Davies was actually an accomplished comedic actress who deserved much more recognition for her considerable talents. Film fanatics hoping to catch a glimpse of Davies at her comedic best need look no farther than this innocuous tale of cross-class romance, which doesn&#8217;t break much new ground plot-wise (boy meets girl, loses girl, wins girl back, loses girl, then&#8230; well, take a guess), but affords Davies multiple chances to show off her winsome charms: besides having her priorities set straight, Davies&#8217; &#8220;Daisy Dell&#8221; (a fictional member of the musical <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florodora\">&#8220;Floradora girls&#8221;<\/a>) seems like a hoot to hang out with, primarily because she&#8217;s so willing to clown around in public and act like &#8220;just one of the guys&#8221;. One can only imagine how much fun Davies herself was at Hearst&#8217;s well-publicized celebrity bashes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The picnic scene in which Daisy &#8220;conducts&#8221; a group of singing men &#8212; and the ensuing scene in which she fakes being rescued while swimming &#8212; showcase Davies&#8217; Lucille Ball-like talent with physical slapstick humor. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-1536x897.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts-463x270.png 463w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Conducts.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marion Davies as Daisy Dell<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-1024x613.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-1536x920.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2-451x270.png 451w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Floradora-Girl-Davies2.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply to see the sadly infamous Marion Davies in one of her best roles. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0020891\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If he should mention matrimony, insist on a practical sign of affection &#8212; and remember: there&#8217;s nothing so practical as jewelry!&#8221; Synopsis: A chorus girl (Marion Davies) is wooed by a wealthy suitor (Lawrence Gray), who mistakenly believes she&#8217;s a gold-digger. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cross-Class Romance Gold Diggers Marion Davies Films Musicals Showgirls Review: Marion Davies is primarily remembered today as William Randolph Hearst&#8217;s long-time lover, and for being the inspiration behind talentless opera singer Susan Alexander in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5875\"> 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-5875","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\/5875","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=5875"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57835,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875\/revisions\/57835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}