Directed by Gregory La Cava
Constance Bennett burns up the pre-Code screen as Lorry, a prostitute back on the make after a jail stint with her eyes on a wealthy publisher and a plan to blackmail her way to easy street. Mucking up the works is Joel McCrea’s barge captain who crosses Lorry’s path and who she can’t get off her mind. Packed with snappy lines -- some of the best delivered by Pert Kelton as Lorry’s hard-boiled friend--Bed of Roses is director Gregory La Cava’s steamiest work.
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Producer: Merian C. Cooper. Screenwriter: Wanda Tuchock, G. La Cava, Eugene Thackrey. Cinematographer: Charles Rosher. Editor: Basil Wrangell. Cast: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Pert Kelton, Samuel Hinds.
16mm, b/w, 67 min.
