Born to Be Bad (1934 film)

Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American PreCode drama film directed by Lowell Sherman, and starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant.

Letty Strong Loretta Young was raised in a good family, but became pregnant and ran away from home. She was taken in by elderly Fuzzy Henry Travers, and gave birth to Mickey Jackie Kelk in the back room of Fuzzys bookstore at the age of fifteen. Embittered, she taught Mickey to be street smart so he will never be taken advantage of like her. Fuzzy strongly disapproves of how she is raising her son. Now seven years old, Mickey skips school and does as he pleases. Meanwhile, Letty earns a living by entertaining buyers so they will give business to her friend Steve Karns.A milk truck driven by Malcolm Mal Trevor Cary Grant hits Mickey as he is rollerskating in the street. When Lettys lawyer, Adolphe, learns that Mal is the wealthy president of Amalgamated Dairies out checking every aspect of his large business, he talks Letty into seizing the opportunity to make some money. They get Mickey to lie about the extent of his injuries. However, during the trial, Mals attorney Paul Harvey produces films showing Mickey fully recovered. The irate judge has Mickey taken from Letty and put in an institution for boys. ........

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