Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Kirpianuscus She is the basic motif for see this lovely film, nice, sweet, charming. because Carole Lombard has her ordinary job and Walter Connolly has the status of glue of a so familiar story about love, money, succes and values. May Robson does more than an inspired character but she has the gift to translate the spirit of a great way to discover the world . and this is the gift of this film who has the virtue to be a trip in past. sure, a film more as slice from the spirit of a time than a great artistic work. but good opportunity for fair smile and comfortable atmosphere. and this is one of real good points of a movie who propose the flavor of a lost period.

JohnHowardReid Available on an excellent TCM DVD, "Lady By Choice" is a must-have for both May Robson and Carole Lombard fans. Although second in the billing, Robson actually has the lead role and we are introduced to her right from the start when her delightfully gin-soaked character disturbs a rendition of "Mother", and is arrested. In court, we are introduced to Miss Lombard (the "Human Heatwave"), her manager and publicity man. But after a brief squabble with the judge (Walter Connolly), the radiantly photographed – by Ted Tetzlaff – Lombard disappears from view for over twenty minutes. In the meantime, Miss Robson is allowed to ham it up – which she does with pleasing gusto! Then Lombard returns with the bright idea of adopting Robson as her mother! Roger Pryor makes rather a weak fist of the hero, but all the rest of the players offer solid support. David Burton's direction is far superior to his material and I am amazed he did not have the really splendid Hollywood career he obviously deserved. This movie is available on an excellent TCM DVD.

MartinHafer May Robson plays a boozier and meaner version of Apple Annie from her prior film, LADY FOR A DAY (directed by Frank Capra), though it is essentially the same character with a different name. My assumption is that the studio head (Harry Cohn) just couldn't resist reprising the character since she went over so well the year before in the Capra film.Robson's character, Patsy, has already been arrested seven times this year for being drunk and disorderly and by now the judge has had enough and forces her to go to an old folks home. However, Patsy isn't the type to retire and when she sees a chance to escape, she does. That's because publicity seeking fan dancer, Carole Lombard, decides to do a publicity stunt and adopt a sweet old lady (complete with the press and photographers on hand to get the story). However, while it originally was done on a lark, Lombard likes the idea of doing this for real and so she keeps Robson on hand to try and reform her and give her life purpose.However, despite her intentions, it ends up that Patsy is Lombard's benefactress. After winning a lot of dough gambling, she pays to give Lombard singing, acting and dancing lessons. When this doesn't pay off, she sets her sights to helping Lombard get control of her life. But, when Lombard sets out to snag a rich lawyer just because he was rich, Robson and Lombard have a falling out and you'll just have to see the rest of the film to find out what happens next.The film has some excellent acting and is a nice breezy film. It's neither as deep or satisfying as LADY FOR A DAY, but is still well worth seeing. A nice romantic fantasy film.

movingpicturegal Carole Lombard plays a fan dancer (working under the moniker "Alabam, the Human Heat Wave") who hooks up with a haggardly, dice rolling, beer guzzler named Patsy when she adopts her out of the "old ladies home" as her new mother, a publicity stunt for Mother's Day. Moving in with Alabam into her swanky apartment, the two women soon bond over shots of straight whiskey, Alabam buys the old lady a new wardrobe, then both try to reform the other of their bad ways. And yes indeed, there is a male love interest for Lombard, a character who fits somewhat loosely into this whole plot.Interesting film, the first half better than the second, I thought, but I do like the interaction between Carole Lombard and May Robson who plays Patsy - they come across as pretty chummy, which works well for this story. Lombard appears in a number of gorgeous outfits here, everything from glamorous, fur-sleeved dress to satin rompers (how 'bout that ragged old hat with the dead bird hanging off it that Patsy wears in the beginning?!). Worth seeing.