The Bad Sister

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The Bad Sister
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Directed by	Hobart Henley
Produced by	Carl Laemmle Jr.
Written by	Edwin H. Knopf Booth Tarkington (novel)
Starring	Conrad Nagel Sidney Fox Bette Davis Zasu Pitts Humphrey Bogart
Music by	David Broekman (uncredited)
Cinematography	Karl Freund
Editing by	Ted J. Kent
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	29 March 1931
Running time	68 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Bad Sister is a 1931 American drama film made by Universal Pictures, directed by Hobart Henley, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. and written by Edwin H. Knopf.

The film is based on the novel by Booth Tarkington named The Flirt which was made twice before in silent versions: 1916 ^[1] and 1922 ^[2]. Art direction for the film was by Walter Koessler.

The film stars Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Zasu Pitts and Humphrey Bogart and premiered on March 29, 1931.

The film was the debut of actress Bette Davis.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

A naive, wealthy small-town girl, Marianne (Sidney Fox) bored with her routine life, falls for a dashing con artist who has come looking for fresh marks to swindle. He soon charms her into faking her prominent father's name on a letter of endorsement, which he presents to the other local merchants. They willingly give him all sorts of goodies and he prepares his escape, but not before conning the girl into becoming his wife. After their wedding night in a sleazy hotel, he abandons her. Fortunately, by the story's end, she is able to reassemble her shattered life and find happiness.