Other Men's Women

Other Men's Women
File:Other Men's Women 1931 Poster.jpg
Directed by	William A. Wellman
Written by	Maude Fulton William K. Wells (dialogue)
Starring	Grant Withers Regis Toomey Mary Astor
Music by	Erno Rapee Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Edited by	Edward M. McDermott
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	January 17, 1931
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Other Men's Women is a 1931 Pre-code American film directed by William A. Wellman and written by Maude Fulton. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film stars Grant Withers, Regis Toomey and Mary Astor.

It was first previewed and released in 1930 in a limited number of locations under the title The Steel Highway. By the time of the film's general release the title had been changed to Other Men's Women. Due to the public's apathy and aversion to anything musical in films in late 1930 and early 1931, the film's music is kept to an absolute minimum. The credits at the beginning and ending of the film are presented without music and there is virtually no background musical score throughout the film.

Plot

The film is about Bill (Grant Withers), a railroad engineer, who falls in love with Lily (Mary Astor), the wife of his co-worker Jack (Regis Toomey). When the two men fight over Lily, Jack is blinded. He dies in a violent storm saving Bill's life.

Cast

• Grant Withers as Bill White
• Mary Astor as Lily Kulper
• Regis Toomey as Jack Kulper
• James Cagney as Ed "Eddie" Bailey
• Fred Kohler as Haley
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Peg-Leg
• Joan Blondell as Marie
• Lillian Worth as Waitress
• Walter Long as Mike "Bix" / "Roundhouse" Bixby

Songs

• "Leave A Little Smile" - sung by Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald and Mary Astor (from the Warner Bros. musical Oh Sailor Behave)
• "The Kiss Waltz" - played on the phonograph (from the Warner Bros. musical Dancing Sweeties)
• "Tomorrow Is Another Day" - played at the restaurant/dance hall (from the Warner Bros. musical Big Boy)

Reception

The New York Times described the film as "an unimportant little drama of the railroad yards", but Variety called it "a good program picture." Astor called it "a piece of cheese" in her autobiography, but praised Blondell and Cagney.

Preservation status

The film survives complete and has been shown on television and cable. It was released on DVD by the Warner Archive in 2010.

References

Notes

Sources

• TCM Spotlight: William A. Wellman Other Men's Women

External links

• Other Men's Women (1931) at IMDb