Virtue

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Movie Info

Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae (Carole Lombard) decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle (Pat O'Brien) who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert (Shirley Grey), another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Edward Buzzell
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 8, 2019
Runtime:

1h 8m
Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Cast

Carole Lombard
as Mae

Pat O'Brien
as Jimmy Doyle

Mayo Methot
as Lil Blair

Shirley Grey
as Gert

Jack LaRue
as Toots

Ward Bond
as Frank

Willard Robertson
as MacKenzie

Edward J. Le Saint
as Magistrate

Fred Santley
as Hank

Lew Kelly
as Magistrate

Arthur Wanzer
as Flanagan

Jessie Arnold
as Landlady

Edwin Stanley
as District Attorney

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Critic Reviews for Virtue

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An entertaining programmer, that did a good box office with the Depression-era crowd but does not transfer well to modern times.

October 13, 2010 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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Audience Reviews for Virtue

Aug 28, 2011

Decent little pre-code quickie.

jay n Super Reviewer
Oct 06, 2010

Inconsequential love story between former streetwalker Lombard and gruff taxi driver O'Brien. Will he discover her past? Can they stay together? These are the small big questions posed here. Several scenes of everyday chat that would have been excised from most movies remain, and with a runtime just over an hour doesn't allow for much development. They manage to insert a murder and case of mistaken identity to contribute SOME kind of tension. Lombard is not great in serious role but she looks stunning. Adorned in classy dress and jewelry back then, hookers have really gone downhill since the '30s.

Doctor S Super Reviewer