Three on a Match

Three on a Match (1932)

Three wise girls who barred no holds and bit in the clinches.

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.

Date of release
1932-10-29
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (78)
Runtime
1h 3m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Mervyn LeRoy

Casting

Interesting facts

Three on a Match is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and stars Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak, and Bette Davis. The film also features Lyle Talbot, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins, and Edward Arnold.

Production

Dvorak was the last of the four principal actors to be cast. This was Bogart's first appearance as a hoodlum type, although his work in Midnight (released in 1934) preceded this role, and led to his being cast by director LeRoy.

When Three on a Match was released in October 1932, the Lindbergh kidnapping was very much in the news, and the kidnappers had not yet been caught. The kidnapping of a child in the story raised concerns with censors, but Jason Joy of the Studio Relations Committee successfully made a case for the film to the censors in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

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