You might enjoy this more if you're a fan of Alice Skipworth, a character actor who did a bit with WC Fields. I think she got the lead off the back of the success Marie Dressler was having and it's neat to see an older woman in the lead but she isn't very good and neither is the movie. The set up isn't decent - Skipworth is out of prison and trying to con men and she hooks up with her two estranged daughters both of whom seem very anonymous.
I also saw this for the appearance of George Raft who has a decent support role - this was for Paramount and was made after Scarface but before that movie had been released. He livens up the film because he's got sexy appeal and seems like a genuine gangster - he does a dance with a girl in a swimming pool. Oh it's alright I guess.
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