Feature1933·65m·5.7

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"

RomanceDrama

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.

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Cast

Loretta Young

Florence 'Flo' Denny

Winnie Lightner

Maizee

Lyle Talbot

Daniel 'Danny' Drew

Regis Toomey

Tommy Nelson

Hugh Herbert

Luther Haines

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Sol Glass

Suzanne Kilborn

Birdie Reynolds

Helen Ware

Mrs. Haines

Harold Waldridge

Glass' Office Boy

Charles Lane

Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Cabaret Patron (uncredited)

Jed Prouty

Mr. Goran (uncredited)

Donna Mae Roberts

Woman Slapping Luther (uncredited)

Barbara Rogers

Model (uncredited)

Renee Whitney

Customer Girl with Tommy and Birdie (uncredited)

Pat Wing

Model (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Model (uncredited)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
First National PicturesThe Vitaphone Corporation

Crew

Director

Busby Berkeley

Writers

John Francis Larkin, Don Mullaly, Rian James

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

George Amy

Editor

Arthur L. Todd

Director of Photography

Gallery

Reviews

Frank F

4/12/2018

7.0

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.