The Lady Refuses
| The Lady Refuses | |
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| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Screenplay by | Wallace Smith |
| Story by | Guy Bolton Robert Milton |
| Produced by | William LeBaron Bertram Millhauser |
| Starring | Betty Compson John Darrow Gilbert Emery Margaret Livingston |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Edited by | Jack Kitchin |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton. It stars Betty Compson as a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by a wealthy man to woo his ne'er-do-well son away from the clutches of a gold-digger (Margaret Livingston). The plot is regarded as risqué enough to appear in at least one collection of pre-Code Hollywood films.