Taming the Wild (1936)
1936 · Feature film · 57 min · dir. Robert F. Hill
- Comedy
Synopsis
Madcap society girl June Bolton has a talent for trouble. Trying to evade a subpoena in connection with one of her misadventures, she winds up in jail and has to be bailed out by the family attorney, Dick Clayton. But June is soon in trouble again, this time involved with a mob boss and a shady lady. Exasperated by his wealthy client's reckless escapades, Clayton determines to quit... until he realizes he has fallen in love with the little madcap.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Robert F. Hill
- Writer
- Peter B. Kyne
- Studio
- Victory Pictures Corporation
- Released
- 1936-02-14
- Running time
- 57 minutes
Cast & crew
- Robert F. Hill Director
Rod La Rocque
Maxine Doyle
Barbara Pepper
Bryant Washburn
Donald Kerr
Zella Russell- Reed Howes
Vincent Dennis
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Love Finally Tames the Wild · Poohbah70 · 2019-09-06
A light-weight comedy-murder about a beautiful, willful, somewhat obnoxious rich girl who likes to go her own way and invariably gets in trouble. Maxine Doyle gives an over-the-top performance as the girl-you-love-to-hate if she weren't so darned cute. Rod LaRocque plays straight man to her craziness in a rather stolid way. Barbara Pepper is great as a nightclub dance act with a mean right hook, who is Maxine's cellmate and befriends her. The other actors are all okay, although Donald Kerr as a nerdy, pushy reporter is hard to take - well, its not his fault, he's just following the script and…
