Expensive Women

Expensive Women
lobby poster
Directed by	Hobart Henley
Written by	Adaptation: Harry F. Thew Raymond Griffith & Dialogue: Arthur Caesar (uncredited)[1]
Based on	Passionate Sonata (1931 novel) by Wilson Collison
Starring	Dolores Costello
Cinematography	William Rees
Edited by	Desmond O'Brien
Production company	Warner Bros.[1]
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	October 24, 1931 (US)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	English

Expensive Women is a 1931 American Pre-Code talking film drama. It was produced by First National Pictures and distributed through their parent company Warner Bros.. The film was directed by silent film veteran Hobart Henley and stars Dolores Costello. It was Costello's final film as a leading lady and star for Warners, which she had been since 1925. She retired to be the wife of John Barrymore and to raise their family. Costello would return to films five years later after a long hiatus and the end of her marriage to Barrymore, but never regained the luster she enjoyed as a Warners star.^[1][2]

Cast

Dolores Costello as Constance "Connie" Newton H. B. Warner as Melville Raymond Warren William as Neil Hartley Anthony Bushell as Arthur Raymond Polly Walters as Molly Lane Joe Donahue as Bobby Brandon George Irving as Melville's friend Billy House as George Allison

Uncredited Allan Lane as partier Mae Madison as Irene Margaret Mann Cliff Saum as Taxi driver Morgan Wallace as Young man Adele Watson as Martha, Connie's maid

References

1. Expensive Women at the American Film Institute Catalog
2. American Film Institute (1993) The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40

External links

• Expensive Women at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Expensive Women at the Internet Movie Database
• Expensive Women at the TCM Movie Database
• Expensive Women at AllMovie
• Expensive Women lobby poster