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3 | ->''[[{{Tagline}} "Throughout the Ages half of the women of the world have been working women - and the rest of the women have been working men."]]'' |
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5 | Jean, Polaire, and Schatze are three sometime showgirls living in Prohibition-era New York on the hunt for a good man or even better a [[MealTicket rich man]]. But just because they are friends doesn't mean they are going to play fair with each other. HilarityEnsues. |
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7 | ''The Greeks Had a Word for Them'' (also known as ''Three Broadway Girls'') is a 1932 [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] comedy based on the Zoe Akins play ''The Greeks Had A Word For It''. It was directed by Lowell Sherman and starred Creator/JoanBlondell, Madge Evans, and Ina Claire. A generation later it would be one of the inspirations for the more famous ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire''. |
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9 | Notable for featuring one of the earliest uses of a variation on the VideoWill in a movie. |
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11 | The movie is in the PublicDomain and can be viewed online for free [[http://www.archive.org/details/Three_Broadway_Girls here.]] |
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14 | !!This Film contains examples of: |
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16 | * CatchPhrase: "Ask me no secrets, I'll tell you no lies." (Jean) |
17 | * DeadpanSnarker: Schatze. |
18 | * {{Golddigger}}: All three of them really but to varying degrees with Polaire being the least venal and Jean the most. |
19 | * ThePoorMansSubstitute: Joan Blondell (Schatze) was hired when Howard Hughes refused to release Creator/JeanHarlow. |
20 | * PrettyInMink: A major part of the story. |
21 | * VideoWill: A ''Phonograph'' Will actually, but otherwise the trope is played completely straight (complete with a TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat gag). Perhaps the UrExample. |
22 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: It really stretches disbelief that Polaire and Schatze remain friends with Jean after the stunts she pulls. |
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