SHE HAD TO SAY YES ( 1933 )

Yeah, but… …they ain’t got nuthin’ on “SHE HAD TO SAY YES.” Lovin’ pre-code. Adult, frank storylines, lingerie for the fellas and liberated women ( who, of course, have to get married by the end of this playing at work thing ). But “She Had To Say Yes” is such an eye-op... Read full article

Pre-Code: She Had to Say Yes(1933).

She Had to Say Yes(1933). A Pre-Code film directed by George Amy and Busby Berkley. It was Berkley's directorial debut. It was part of a series of movies that drew inspiration from the "real-life" compromises working girls had to go through during the Great Depression. Sol Glass's clothing business... Read full article

She Had to Say Yes (1933)

In the midst of the Great Depression, companies are doing whatever they have to to keep any business they can get and things are no different for Sol Glass’ (Ferdinand Gottschalk) clothing company.  When buyers come in from out of town, he had been arranging for call girls to take them out on... Read full article

Decisions, Decisions: She Had to Say Yes (1933)

In light of Loretta Young’s wholesome screen image in the 1940s and 1950s, it has been a real kick for me to discover her pre-Code films. I’ve already discussed two of them at Shadows and Satin – Born to Be Bad and Employees Entrance – and I’m also fond of several others, including Midnigh... Read full article

Quotes in Pre-Code: She Had to Say Yes (1933)

“Uh uh — can look, but mustn’t touch. Say, listen — just because you’re a customer, I don’t have to let you move in, body and soul, do I? Now you be a good little boy, and take your little kiddie car, and go on home before your wifey finds out, see?” Winnie ... Read full article