No More Orchids (1932) | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | Starring Carole Lombard

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Title: No More Orchids (1932)

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Plot Synopsis:
Spoiled heiress Anne Holt meets and falls in love with Tony Gage during an ocean voyage. Despite their mutual affection, obstacles arise due to Anne’s prior engagement to Prince Carlos and the financial troubles of her father’s bank. Anne’s wealthy grandfather, Jerome Cedric, pressures her to marry the prince to secure the family’s financial standing, leading to a series of personal and familial conflicts.

Cast and Crew:

• Director: Walter Lang
• Writers: Gertrude Purcell, Keene Thompson
• Cast:
  • Carole Lombard as Anne Holt
  • Lyle Talbot as Tony Gage
  • Walter Connolly as Bill Holt
  • Louise Closser Hale as Gran Holt
  • C. Aubrey Smith as Jerome Cedric

IMDb Link:
No More Orchids (1932)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Boblipton – ★★★★☆
   “A wonderful cast of supporting character actors enlivens a soap opera about how Carole Lombard falls in love with reverse-snob Lyle Talbot and thwarts the plans of her grandfather — played by the wonderful C. Aubrey Smith — to marry his family into European royalty. In the meantime her father — played by Walter Connolly — is about to see his bank fail. It seems apparent that the novel on which this book is based is a lot more complex than this movie. The dialogue is competent, but not great, and people tend to play types rather than individuals. But while this is not a great movie, the wonderful players make it far more enjoyable than anyone would expect it to be. Even Lyle Talbot, usually confined to a simple juvenile lead at his home base of Warner Brothers in this period, is excellent, if a tad declamatory.”
2. Utgard14 – ★★★☆☆
   “Spoiled rich girl (Carole Lombard) falls in love with poor boy (Lyle Talbot). But her father’s financial troubles may force her to marry a wealthy prince. Pre-Code soaper features a scene of Carole Lombard in her underwear, which is as good a selling point as any. Carole’s good in this and, of course, beautiful. Talbot does okay. Nice supporting cast. Louise Closser Hale is great as Carole’s grandmother, Walter Connolly her extremely likable father, and C. Aubrey Smith fine in a villainous role. Enjoyable enough. It’s not a bad movie of its type. Helps if you’re a big fan of Lombard. The ending seems silly on paper but was surprisingly effective.”
3. Blanche-2 – ★★★☆☆
   “Carole Lombard is spoiled heiress Annie Holt – in the ’30s, it seems like everyone was writing about spoiled heiresses. Anyway, she’s engaged to a prince, but while on a cruise, she falls for Tony Gage (Lyle Talbot). He has no money, isn’t impressed by hers, and pays no attention to her. He ultimately tells her that her values are shallow and he doesn’t respect her. Lombard cleans up her act and the two fall in love. This is a bit of a sticky wicket – Annie’s father (Walter Connolly) is in financial trouble and is planning on this marriage to help him out. And Annie’s grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith), who set up this royal marriage, is looking forward to it as well. Put it this way – if she doesn’t marry this guy, daddy’s going to jail. Good movie because of the wonderful cast, though the ending is a little bit of a downer. Lombard is gorgeous. She was a gal who could really turn a phrase.”

Meta Description:
“No More Orchids” (1932) is a pre-Code comedy-drama directed by Walter Lang, featuring Carole Lombard as a spoiled heiress torn between love and familial duty amidst financial crises.