The Bad Sister (1931)

★ 5.5 1h 8m IMDb

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.

The Bad Sister

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Cast

Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel as Dr. Dick Lindley Died 1970 · Keokuk, Iowa, USA Conrad Nagel was an American stage and film actor, as well as radio and television performer and host. He was a matinee idol and star of the Silent cinema era and beyond. He was a founding member of t...
Sidney Fox
Sidney Fox as Marianne Madison Died 1942 · Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Poland] Sidney Fox (December 10, 1907 – November 14, 1942) was an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Fox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia..
Bette Davis
Bette Davis as Laura Madison Died 1989 · Lowell, Massachusetts, USA Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regar...
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart as Valentine Corliss Died 1957 · New York City, New York, USA Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the...
Charles Winninger
Charles Winninger as Mr. Madison Died 1969 · Athens, Wisconsin, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Winninger (May 26, 1884 – January 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals, but equally at home in dramas....
Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn as Mrs. Madison Died 1966 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English character actress on the stage and in motion pictures. Emma Dunn appeared onstage in her early te...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 13, 2022
Sidney Fox ("Marianne") is the rather over-indulged daughter who falls for con-artist "Valentine Corliss" (Humphrey Bogart). When he manipulates her into forging her father's signature on a document endorsing his rather dodgy business venture, he absconds with the money raised from his life-long friends and colleagues and the girl - before abandoning the girl. Conrad Nagel ("Dr. Lindley") meantime has always had a soft spot for the spoiled girl even though he is loved from afar by her younger sister "Laura" (Bette Davis) so the deceit has a bit of a love triangle to it, too. It's an interesting example of both Davis (still only 23) and Bogart as youngsters learning their craft, and Fox is really the star - though her character is rather unattractive - with a gentle moral that offers little indication of just we ought to expect.

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