Good Dame (1934)
Directed by Marion Gering
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this drama, two carneys, a card-sharp, and a peep-show performer, find themselves booted out of the show and decide to team up--platonically. They immediately get adjoining rooms in a hotel. Though the huckster constantly tries to romance the girl, she demurely rejects him. He comes to respect that; and she eventually comes to respect him, despite his tough-guy posturing. Together they try to eke out a living, but eventually, both are arrested: he for purse-snatching, and she for a past offense. In court the card-player staunchly defends the girl. The judge is so moved, that he drops all charges and marries the two.
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arrest, bad-guy-turns-good, burlesque, cards, cardsharp, carnival, chivalry, courtroom, dance [art], fast-talking, indiscretion, justice, loot, love, marriage, motel, past, platonic, purse-snatcher, respect, robbery, romance, sentence [penal system], thug, train [locomotive], traveling, unrequited, victim, march [military]
