A poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.A poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.A poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.
LeRoy Mason
- Toby
- (as Robert Alden)
William Begg
- Banquet Part Guest
- (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Charles A. Browne
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
- Mr. Dean
- (uncredited)
John Elliott
- Judge
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Banquet Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
- Murray - Headwaiter
- (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe print shown on Turner Classic Movies, from Sony's archives, displays title credits which were modernized and re-designed in 1938 for a re-release that took place only after several minutes worth of deletions were made to meet the standards of the Production Code, which was more rigorously enforced starting in 1934. These revised title credits also display a Production Code Certificate of Approval 4749-R indicating a re-release, so some further trimming most definitely may have occurred.
- GoofsWhen Kitty and David are parked next to the golf course, the windshield on his car is struck with a ball, causing it to crack on Kitty's side. In the next scene where they are parked and his mother and the judge pull abreast of them, the windshield is intact.
- Quotes
Kitty Lane: I hope you'll be interested in my collection of etchings, or whatever it is they hang on the walls here...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Music by Richard Wagner
Hummed by Regis Toomey
Featured review
Momma goes Electra
Working class heroine Barbara Stanwyck is tough as nails as she spits in "decent society's" face rather than buckle to bribe or threat as a waitress in an other side of the tracks romance with a med student in Shopworn.
The son of an overly possessive mother, David Livingston falls hard for tip chaser Kitty Lane at a local greasy spoon. Clinging mom is not about to let this happen and she wastes no time in exercising her considerable pull in getting a big time judge relative to send her to the slammer for 90 days on morals charges. Upon release Kitty goes on stage and makes it big. Six years later she runs into David, now a doctor again along with his mother still intent on keeping a firm grip on him.
There is some very ugly abuse of power that takes place in Shopworn as the son obsessed mother badgers the judge to do her corrupt bidding in getting Kitty out of the way. There are also swipes at law enforcement, the penal system and polite society, with Kitty being an ideal lynch pin for such actions. As Kitty, Stanwyck does an excellent job of vociferously exposing hypocrisy, especially in the scene where she is bribed and threatened as she throws the money in the judge's face and berates the police. The ending is contrived however and the sickeningly sweet finale is hard to swallow. Babs is too good for the lot of 'em. Mom and son (a wincingly woosie performance by Regis Toomey) don't deserve to be in the same room as her.
The son of an overly possessive mother, David Livingston falls hard for tip chaser Kitty Lane at a local greasy spoon. Clinging mom is not about to let this happen and she wastes no time in exercising her considerable pull in getting a big time judge relative to send her to the slammer for 90 days on morals charges. Upon release Kitty goes on stage and makes it big. Six years later she runs into David, now a doctor again along with his mother still intent on keeping a firm grip on him.
There is some very ugly abuse of power that takes place in Shopworn as the son obsessed mother badgers the judge to do her corrupt bidding in getting Kitty out of the way. There are also swipes at law enforcement, the penal system and polite society, with Kitty being an ideal lynch pin for such actions. As Kitty, Stanwyck does an excellent job of vociferously exposing hypocrisy, especially in the scene where she is bribed and threatened as she throws the money in the judge's face and berates the police. The ending is contrived however and the sickeningly sweet finale is hard to swallow. Babs is too good for the lot of 'em. Mom and son (a wincingly woosie performance by Regis Toomey) don't deserve to be in the same room as her.
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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