Line #1 Film/SinTakesAHoliday


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:[[SarcasmMode Obviously, too plain for love.]] ]]
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4	A [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] RomanticComedy from 1930 starring Creator/ConstanceBennett, Kenneth [=MacKenna=], and a pre-Sherlock Holmes Creator/BasilRathbone. It was directed by Paul L. Stein.
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6	The sin in question is a marriage of convenience, not one for love. Attorney at law, Gaylord Stanton ([=MacKenna=]), offers this proposition to his homely secretary, Sylvia Brenner (Bennett), because he’s in a jam; his main squeeze, Grace Lawrence (Rita La Roy), is divorcing her current husband and will stop at nothing to marry the available Stanton, who [[TheCasanova adamantly refuses to be held down]]. Since [[UnrequitedLove Sylvia’s always had a big crush on him]], and seeing that marrying him would improve her financial situation, she accepts.
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8	The terms of their agreement are as follows: it will only last a year, Sylvia can travel to Paris and any other exotic places and use his money however she likes, she must avoid blemishing Stanton’s reputation with amorous affairs, and most importantly for Sylvia, it’s a marriage in name only. Stanton’s friend, certified cad Reggie Durant (Rathbone), also finds himself in Paris during Sylvia’s stay and tries to romance her—almost succeeding--until she decides to go back to NYC and settle some loose ends with Stanton.
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11	!!''Sin Takes a Holiday'' includes the following tropes:
12	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Grace to the petrified Stanton.
13	* CantHaveSexEver: One of the main terms to Sylvia and Stanton’s agreement is that they won’t consummate their marriage.
14	* TheCasanova: The debonair Reggie, helped by the fact that it’s debonair Basil Rathbone playing him.
15	* ClingyJealousGirl: Grace acts like she owns poor Stanton and is highly jealous of Sylvia when she meets her.
16	* GirlFriday: While Stanton is out partying, Sylvia is the loyal secretary who will wait up for him to do work and help him with his divorce cases.
17	* HaveAGayOldTime: The unfortunately named ''Gaylord'' Stanton.
18	* IdleRich: Stanton mostly plays around and does minimal work as do his friends and girlfriends. Eventually, Sylvia becomes idle when she marries Stanton and doesn’t have to work anymore.
19	* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She doesn’t show it, but Sylvia is totally in love with Stanton.
20	* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Serial dating and wooing is Stanton’s MO, and he’s fairly content with his ways, until he marries and falls for Sylvia.
21	* LoveEpiphany: Stanton realizes his love for Sylvia when he sees her in a magazine wearing pretty clothes and with Reggie by her side.
22	* MatchCut: A champagne bottle being agitated, a figure-skating couple, and a roulette table -- all these are used in a series of consecutive scenes and match up nicely.
23	* PimpedOutDress: Dresses. Sylvia gets a wardrobe makeover to die for.
24	* UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra
25	* PrettyInMink: Sylvia wears a gorgeous jacket with ermine on the collar and lapels.
26	* SexyBacklessOutfit: Sylvia wears the 1930s kind.

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