Daring Daughters

Marian Marsh works the day shift at a cigar counter in an upscale hotel. She's a cynical girl for whom men mean two things: a free dinner and a brief wrestling match to get away. Her sister, Joan Marsh, arrives from the country, and Marian tries to educate her, but the girl is simply too trusting. But when Kenneth Thomson, who's new to town, takes a shin to Marian, his politeness and old-fashioned manners charm her.

It's a bit of a mishmosh. The title doesn't refer to much of anything. There are no parents on view. A fictional sick grandmother provides an excuse to dump men and a plot point. More likely, the alternate titles of CITY VIRGIN and BEHIND THE COUNTER were unsuitaible for the small-town theaters this played in. The story is short and predictable, although there's a couple of nice comic turns by Bert Roach and Florence Roberts. Despite their names, Marian and Joan were not related. Marian was born Violet Ethelred Krauth, and I don't need to explain why she changed it for the pictures. Joan's real name was Dorothy Rosher, and she was the daughter of great cameraman Charles Rosher.

Obvious shot on a tiny budget by Christy Cabanne for Sigmund Neufeld, there isn't much to recommend this movie except for some Dutch angle shots in the party scenes and some over-the-hill performers like Richard Tucker.