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Working Girls

1931 · 77 min

A charming, bittersweet pre-Code comedy-drama that balances wit and heartbreak as naive hopes collide with city realities.

Tagline: MEN may do the bossing- but the girls make their own plans for them!
Overview: Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, satirical and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, family, class, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
family
class
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild