The Lady Refuses (1931) | Directed by George Archainbaud - Full Movie

Father hires a woman to lure his son away from a gold digger.

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 ne'er-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.

Directed by: George Archainbaud
Screenplay by: Wallace Smith
Story by: Guy Bolton, Robert Milton
Produced by: William LeBaron, Bertram Millhauser
Starring: Betty Compson, John Darrow, Gilbert Emery, Margaret Livingston
Cinematography: Leo Tover
Edited by: Jack Kitchin
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures
Release date: March 8, 1931 (US)
Running time: 72 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English