Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.
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- TriviaPenultimate theatrical film appearance for Kay Francis.
- Quotes
Sheila Seymour: Maybe I better cultivate him. Might be amusing. And, might help our information file.
Whitey Colton: Might help his too. You're a fool if you go sticking your pretty neck out.
Sheila Seymour: I'm never a fool. And only geese stick their necks out.
Featured review
Paul Kelly is put in charge of exposing and terminating the organization that is masterminding bigamy schemes that fraudulently get access to allotment benefit funds to provide for wives and children of servicemen. Kay Francis is the head of the notorious syndicate and Otto Kruger is her henchman. That would seem to be the main plot but competing with it is Kay Francis' concern for her wild college aged daughter who is running amok. Then there is Gertrude Michael trying to blackmail Kay based on some issue from their past. Not to mention the romantic situation between Kay and Kruger or Kelly's interest in Kay. An 80 minute movie leaves us unsatisfied in allowing enough time for developing the main plot let alone these subplots. The end result is a threadbare flick with a superficial expose of the allotment wife issue. This movie was part of a three movie package that Kay signed with Monogram that you'll note also gave her credit as Producer and essentially marked the end of Kay's fabulous career. While far from her best outing her movies are all worth viewing. Kruger and Kelly were excellent in support. Disappointing but still entertaining.
- bnwfilmbuff
- Jun 7, 2020
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- Also known as
- Allotment Wives, Inc.
- Filming locations
- 213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey, USA(Prudential Building - built 1942 for the insurance company, used for the Office of Dependency Benefits until 1946. Still used by Prudential in 2021)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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