She Had to Say Yes

Can Good Girls Stay Good? THE PICTURE THAT IS DIFFERENT! IT'S THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SO CALLED "CUSTOMER'S GIRL"

5.2
19331h 5m

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Cast

Photo of Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Florence 'Flo' Denny

Photo of Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Daniel 'Danny' Drew

Photo of Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Tommy Nelson

Photo of Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Luther Haines

Photo of Helen Ware

Helen Ware

Mrs. Haines

Photo of Harold Waldridge

Harold Waldridge

Glass' Office Boy

Photo of Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)

Photo of Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Cabaret Patron (uncredited)

Photo of Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

Mr. Goran (uncredited)

Photo of Renee Whitney

Renee Whitney

Customer Girl with Tommy and Birdie (uncredited)

Photo of Pat Wing

Pat Wing

Model (uncredited)

Photo of Toby Wing

Toby Wing

Model (uncredited)

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Reviews

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Frank F

7/10

An excellent pre-code era film that illustrates the pressure for women to use their sex to help their boss, but becoming a "bad woman" by doing so. In addition, it illustrates that men are expected to be promiscuous while women are expected to be virgins.

The greatest shortcoming of the film is imposed of the norms of the period: Loretta, like every woman, has to forgive any outrageous and even violent behaviour by a sexually aggressive male and to assume that it is really her fault.

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