History Film / LadiesTheyTalkAbout

''Ladies They Talk About'' (1933) is a [[ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] Creator/WarnerBrothers film about lawbreaking Nan Taylor (Creator/BarbaraStanwyck) who goes to an all women jail for a failed bank heist.

* LuxuryPrisonSuite: The prisoners get private cells with drawers, comfortable beds, their own record players, and tables.

* TheStoolPigeon: Slade tells on Nan when she confesses to helping the bank heist.

* ParrotPetPosition: The matron always has her pet parrot on her shoulder constantly.

** Nan thinks Slade stabbed her in the back and told the prison about the escape.

In the meanwhile, Nan’s male friends from the botched bank robbery want her help to escape prison. Nan uses Slade yet again to get a letter out of town, but the letter is intercepted, giving up the escape plan. Nan gets caught, her friends are killed, and she gets another year added to her sentence.

Nan's childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), almost helps her out of the conviction until she privately confessed to the crime. Even though he's in love with her, he turns her in.

Nan's childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), helps her out of the conviction because he is madly in love with her, but Nan only uses him to get out of the jail sentence. Eventually, he turns her in when she privately confessed to the crime.

* TheStoolPigeon: Nan thinks Slade stabbed her in the back and told the prison about the escape.

Nan's childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), helps her out of the conviction because he is madly in love with her, but Nan only uses him to get out of the jail sentence. Eventually, he turns her in when he finds out that she has no intention to change her ways.

In prison, Nan must learn the ropes of the jail hierarchy with the help of Linda (Lilian Roth) and battle out turf rules with tough girl, Susie (Dorothy Burgess). Susie happens to love Slade's sermons, hearing them over the radio and is insistent on following him as soon as she’s free.

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[[caption-width-right:350: A DeathGlare from Nan is worth a thousand beat-downs.]]

* TheStoolPigeon: Nan thinks the DA friend stabbed her in the back and told the guards about the escape.

* ButchLesbian: It’s heavily coded, but Linda gives the tour of the jail to Nan says to watch out for the one woman because she “likes to wrestle.” This is always seen smoking a cigar and wearing masculine clothing.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Nan’s heist friends [[spoiler: get caught and killed.]]

* GirlsBehindBars: The film panders a bit with the scantily clad girls, but it still doesn’t look like too much fun to be there. It’s more like a tough reform school.

* MisplacedRetribution: Nan thinks that Slade betrayed her and her friends, but her letter was intercepted by the police.

* SkeletonKey: Nan gets the pass key, and imprints it on a bar of soap to get it to the guys on the other side so they can escape.

Nan's childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), helps her out of the conviction because he is madly in love with her, but Nan doesn't love him and uses him to get out of the jail sentence. Eventually, he turns her in when he finds out that she had no intention to change her ways.

Nan's childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), helps her out of a conviction because he is madly in love with her. Nan doesn't love him, but uses him to get out of the jail sentence. Eventually, he finds out that she never planned to change, so turns her in.

In prison, Nan must learn the ropes of the jail hierarchy with the help of Linda (Lilian Roth) and battle out turf rules with tough girl, Susie (Dorothy Burgess). Susie happens to love hearing Slade's sermons over the radio and will follow him as soon as she’s out from the big house.

A year later, and Nan is out and swears revenge on Slade; she's ready to kill.

* AlphaBitch: The girl who thinks she owns the jail. Nan puts her in her place.
* BankRobbery: Doesn’t work out for Nan character

Nan used to be a good girl before the tides turned against her. She gets caught for the heist, but her childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), helps her out because he is madly in love with her. Nan doesn't love him, but uses him accordingly to get out of a jail sentence. Eventually, he finds out that she never planned to change, turning her in and sending her to jail.

In prison, Nan must learn the ropes of the jail hierarchy with the help of Linda (Lilian Roth) and battle out turf rules with tough girl, Susie (Dorothy Burgess). Susie happens to love hear Slade's sermons she hears over the radio and will follow him as soon as she’s out from the big house.

In the meanwhile, Nan’s male friends from the botched bank robbery want her to help them escape prison. Nan uses Slade yet again to get a letter out of town to help her friends, but the letter is intercepted, giving up the escape plan. Because of this letter, Nan gets caught, her friends are killed, and she gets another year added to her sentence.

Nan used to be a good girl before the tides turned against her. She gets caught for the heist, but her childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster) helps her out because he iss madly in love with her. Nan doesn't love him, but uses him accordingly to get out of a jail sentence. Eventually, he finds out that she never planned to change, and he turns her in, sending her to jail.

Nan must learn the ropes of the jail hierarchy with the help of Linda (Lilian Roth) and battle out turf rules with tough girl, Susie (Dorothy Burgess). Susie happens to love hear Slade's sermons over the radio and will follow him as soon as she’s out.

In the meanwhile, Nan’s friends from the botched bank robbery want her to help them escape prison. Nan uses Slade yet again to get a letter out of town to help her friends, but the letter is intercepted, giving up the escape plan. Because of this letter, Nan gets caught, her friends are shot down, and she gets another year added to her sentence.

Nan swears revenge against Slade and plans to kill him as soon as she gets out.

Nan used to be a good girl before the tides turned against her, and her old childhood friend, a reformed evangelical, David Slade (Preston Foster), is madly in love with her. When she’s caught because of the heist, Nan uses Slade, but when he finds out that she never planned to change, he turns her in, sending her to jail.

Nan must learn the ropes of the jail hierarchy with the help of Linda (Lilian Roth) and battle out turf rules with tough girl, Susie (Dorothy Burgess). Susie happens to love Slade's sermons on the radio and will follow him as soon as she’s out.

In the meanwhile, Nan’s friends from the botched bank robbery want her to help them escape prison. Nan uses Slade yet again to get a letter to help her friends, but the letter is intercepted, giving up the escape plan. Because of this letter, Nan gets caught, her friends are shot down, and she gets another year in prison added.

* LuxuryPrisonSuit: The prisoners get private cells with drawers, comfortable beds, their own record players, and tables.