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Yours for the Asking

1936 · 70 min

A breezy, cheeky old-Hollywood romp of con artists and casino schemes, light on its feet and easy to enjoy.

Tagline
That ace of lovers meets the queen of diamonds...and queen takes ace in this game of love!
Overview
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • class
  • greed
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
romance, comedy
Directed by
Alexander Hall
Written by
Eve Greene, Philip MacDonald, Harlan Ware
Starring
George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino, Reginald Owen, James Gleason, Edgar Kennedy, Lynne Overman, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Cinematography
Theodor Sparkuhl
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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