Lady by Choice

"Men who loved her grew sadder - but WISER !"

Oct 15 1934 Approved 1h 16m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

Plot

Fan dancer Alabam Lee is convicted of breaching the morals code with her racy shows. Her agent has her adopt a "mother" from an old ladies home as a publicity ploy to improve her image. Alabam chooses Patricia"Patsy" Patterson, a drunk and disorderly street lady with a past. Patsy has a protector in Johnny Mills, the lawyer son of her old flame. When Johnny comes to visit Patsy he meets Alabam and the two eventually fall in love. Both Patsy and the everpresent Judge Daly think that Alabam is golddigging for Johnny's money and their attempts to break things up puts the relationship on shaky ground.

Written by

Jo Swerling, Dwight Taylor

Directed by

David Burton

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
676
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA