{{short description|1931 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Nice Women | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Edwin H. Knopf | producer = E.M. Asher | based_on = ''Nice Women'', 1929 play<br>by William A Grew<ref name=afi /> | screenplay = Edwin H. Knopf | writer = Gladys Lehman ''(continuity)''<ref name= afi /><br>Richard Schaver ''(scenario editor)''<ref name=afi /> | starring = Sidney Fox<br>Frances Dee<br>Alan Mowbray<br>Lucile Gleason<br>Russell Gleason<br>James Durkin | music = Irving Bibo | cinematography = Charles J. Stumar | editing = Robert Carlisle<br>Maurice Pivar ''(supervising film editor)''<ref name=afi /> | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1931|11|28}}<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|7276}}</ref> | runtime = 68 or 72 minutes<ref name=afi /> | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Nice Women''''' is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film written and directed by Edwin H. Knopf. The film stars Sidney Fox, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason and James Durkin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84798/nice-women |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203033350/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84798/Nice-Women/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |title=Nice Women (1931) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=December 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Erickson, Hal |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/nice-women-v103865 |title=Nice Women (1932) - Edwin H. Knopf | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=December 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name=afi /> It was released by Universal Pictures on November 28, 1931.
The film is based on the Broadway play ''Nice Women'' by William A. Grew, which premiered at the Longacre Theatre on June 10, 1929, and closed in August 1929 after 64 performances.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nice-women-9408 ''Nice Women''] at the Internet Broadway Database</ref>
==Plot== A young woman, Jerry Girard is pushed by her mother and family into accepting the marriage proposal of a millionaire, Mark Chandler, who is the employer of her father. To do so, she has to drop the boy she really loves and promised to marry, Billy Wells, but her family is seeking to recover from their financial woes and find security. When the millionaire finds out the real situation, he releases her from her vow and gives the young couple a $5000 wedding gift. He then leaves for Europe with an old flame, Dorothy Drew.
==Cast== *Sidney Fox as Beth Girard *Frances Dee as Jerry Girard *Alan Mowbray as Mark Chandler *Lucile Gleason as Mrs. Girard *Russell Gleason as Bill Wells *James Durkin as Mr. Girard *Kenneth Seiling as Jackie Girard *Carmel Myers as Dorothy Drew *Leonard Carey as Connors *Jo Wallace as Miss Irvine *Patsy O'Byrne as Mary *Florence Enright as Maid
==Reception== The review in ''The New York Times'' called the film a "puerile story of a frustrated romance" and a "sorry affair" caused by "too many studio cooks", and points out "the plain fact of its mediocrity..." The reviewer also reports that the audience seemed indifferent to the film.<ref>"A.D.S." (February 20, 1932) [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0DEEDD1E3EE333A25753C2A9649C946394D6CF "A Match-Making Mother."] ''The New York Times''</ref>
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== External links == * {{AFI film|7276}} * {{TCMDb title|84798}} * {{IMDb title|0023264}}
Category:1931 films Category:American romance films Category:1931 romance films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:Films directed by Edwin H. Knopf Category:American black-and-white films Category:1931 English-language films Category:1931 American films Category:English-language romance films