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The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American Pre-Code melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton. It stars Betty Compson as a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by a wealthy man to woo his never-do-well son away from the clutches of a gold-digger (Margaret Livingston). The plot is regarded as risqué enough to appear in at least one collection of Pre-Code Hollywood films.
Original Release
03/08/1931
US Release
03/08/1931
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Betty Compson | June |
| John Darrow | Russell Courtney |
| Gilbert Emery | Sir Gerald Courtney |
| Margaret Livingston | Berthine Waller |
| Ivan Lebedeff | Nikolai Rabinoff |
| Edgar Norton | Dobbs - Sir Gerald's Butler / Sir Gerald's Butler Dobbs |
| Daphne Pollard | Millie - Apartment House Maid / Millie |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Sir James - Lawyer |
| Dick Rush | Detective |
| Reginald Sharland | Freddy |
Directors
Writers
Wallace Smith, Robert Milton, Guy Bolton
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Betty Compson | June |
| John Darrow | Russell Courtney |
| Gilbert Emery | Sir Gerald Courtney |
| Margaret Livingston | Berthine Waller |
| Ivan Lebedeff | Nikolai Rabinoff |
| Edgar Norton | Dobbs - Sir Gerald's Butler / Sir Gerald's Butler Dobbs |
| Daphne Pollard | Millie - Apartment House Maid / Millie |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Sir James - Lawyer |
| Dick Rush | Detective |
| Reginald Sharland | Freddy |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| William LeBaron | Producer |
| Bertram Millhauser | Producer |
