The Girl Said No (1930 film)

The Girl Said No is a 1930 romantic comedy film starring William Haines and Leila Hyams. In the film, a young college graduate goes to extreme lengths to win the girl he loves.

After the box office success of Anna Christie 1930 and the rave reviews that not only Greta Garbo received for her performance but also her costar Marie Dressler, MGM management decided to cast the latter actress in The Girl Said No. Although Dressler was happy to have a new assignment from the studio, she had to hide her disappointment over the script and her role.According to biographer Betty Lee in Marie Dressler The Unlikeliest Star, It seemed fairly obvious..that although MGM was impressed with Dresslers potential...the top office did not know how to handle their unique new contract player. Studio head Louis B. Mayer, who had already informed his minions that he wanted Dressler to be marketed as a mother figure who was also a battered version of lifes wars, asked her to lunch in his private bungalow on the Culver City lot. Not only did Dressler appear to be a substantial mother figure in real life, MGMs boss was also aware that the actress exuded an easy air of upperclass panache. She was, he decided, a far classier individual than the Hollywood glamour girls he often professed to disdain. ........

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