The Reckless Way

The Reckless Way

Drama | Feb. 1, 1936

The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered chance to be a model and jumps at it. Her boyfriend is upset--he just wants to marry her and settle down to a life of domestic bliss. But she has stars in her eyes--and soon learns to use publicity to create a new movie star persona. Throughout all this, the sappy boyfriend is always waiting nearby--hoping that she'll come to her senses and give up this new life.

The Reckless Way

Drama | Feb. 1, 1936

The Reckless Way
The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered chance to be a model and jumps at it. Her boyfriend is upset--he just wants to marry her and settle down to a life of domestic bliss. But she has stars in her eyes--and soon learns to use publicity to create a new movie star persona. Throughout all this, the sappy boyfriend is always waiting nearby--hoping that she'll come to her senses and give up this new life.
Producers C.C. Burr Productions Inc.
Original title The Reckless Way
Directors Raymond K. Johnson, George Jeske
Writers Raymond K. Johnson, Charles E. Roberts, Phil Dunham

Cast

Marian Nixon

as Helen Rogers

Kane Richmond

as Jim Morgan

Inez Courtney

as Laura Jones

Malcolm McGregor

as Don Reynolds

Harry Harvey

as Joe Black

Art Howard

as Mr. Martin Stoner

Gloria Gordon

as Mrs. Elizabeth "Birdie" Stoner

William H. Strauss

as Carl Blatz

John S. Peters

as Von Berg