Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

samhill5215 I've seen this film twice now and I've come to the same conclusion: it could have been so much better had the film-makers left out the stereotypes. For instance: Maureen O'Sullivan's character falls in love with the obnoxious character played by Norman Foster. Why? Because he offers to marry her and she is so anxious to do so? She doesn't care who she marries? How did she get over her initial instincts to reject him? Does anyone know a woman who could be wooed by a jerk who takes her things to keep her from leaving and can't take 'NO' for an answer? That whole subplot was ridiculous to say the least and it so dominated the picture that the interesting parts were completely overshadowed.To be truthful the film does have its good points. The relationship between Dwight (Warren William) and his wife (Hedda Hopper) and mistress (Verree Teasdale) is very adult and handled well. Although the stock swindle is on the simplistic side at least it exposed stockbrokers and financiers for the unethical thieves we now take for granted. The dynamic between the diamond broker (Jean Hersholt) and the model (Anita Page) is also very well done and it's resolution is among the high points of the film and sentimental to boot.In the acting department William outdid himself. His character is absolutely despicable and I can't think of a better actor to play the part. Of the rest the female leads (O'Sullivan, Page, Teasdale) were all well acted but it was William who was the indisputable star and the film is worth looking at just for him.

mrb1980 This movie is a great example--of one of the best--of Pre-Code film-making in the early 1930s. Warren William plays an incredibly unscrupulous businessman who controls a high-rise building in New York. He's having an affair with his married assistant, lusts after secretary Maureen O'Sullivan, cheats all of his business partners, and illegally manipulates stock prices, leading to a startling and tragic end. There's also great support from Anita Page and Verree Teasdale.Along the way is some of the most raw and racy pre-Code stuff around, including leering sex and some very lively dialogue. My only objection is Norman Foster's character, who is so clumsy and oafish that he makes Jerry Lewis look tame by comparison. Still a great experience, just listen carefully for some very off-color remarks by William.

preppy-3 Story about a 100 story skyscraper in New York--David Dwight (Warren William) helped finance the building but is running out of money. He needs more and will do anything to get it. Other characters in the movie are Jenny (Anita Page) a model who openly sleeps with guys for money; sweet virginal Lynn (Maureen O'Sullivan); Tom (Norman Foster) who loves Lynn--but Dwight wants her too; Sarah Dennis (Verree Teasdale) who is Dwight's mistress and Myra (Helen Coburn) who loves her husband but he can't find work..and Slim (Wallace Ford) wants her.As you can see there are multiple story lines crisscrossing each other. The movie moves quick and is pre-Code meaning it was pretty open about adultery, sex, suicide and murder. Nothing TOO racy by today's standards (the TV rating is G) but pretty strong for 1932. The acting is good--William, O'Sullivan, Page and Teasdale come off best. No masterpiece of cinema but quick, fun and well worth searching out--TCM shows it occasionally. An 8.

Ron Oliver Utterly ruthless & immoral, the owner of New York's tallest building plots & schemes to keep control of his creation, trampling upon anyone who gets in his way. Others working in the great colossus also live lives of drama & everyday excitement. All these SKYSCRAPER SOULS will soon find themselves bound together by greed, lust, betrayal, suicide & murder.Practically screaming its pre-Production Code status, this neglected film is rather fascinating in the risqué development of its plot. Sex, both leering & suggested, plays an important role in the story. By making its hero a man both charming & completely treacherous, open to any underhand suggestion, it makes a lie out of Louis B. Mayer's assertion that all of MGM's product was family friendly. Even today, this is potent, powerful material. And absolutely engaging.Warren William is almost distressingly good as the unscrupulous building owner, around whom much of the action revolves. His blunt dishonesty almost makes chicanery respectable.The rest of the cast is equally proficient:Maureen O'Sullivan as a naive young secretary lusted over by William & loved by brash bank clerk Norman Foster.Gregory Ratoff, hilarious as a harried dressmaker.Anita Page as a brash prostitute/model beloved by noble jeweler Jean Hersholt.Verree Teasdale, William's mistress for 12 years, finally pushed to the breaking point.Wallace Ford as a radio announcer, tragically driven to desperation by his love of unhappily married Helen Coburn.George Barbier as a jolly fat debauchee, one of William's eventual financial victims.And Hedda Hopper, William's absent, knowing wife - very content with his money, but not his company.Movie mavens will also recognize Billy Gilbert as a lobby cigarette stand owner, Edward Brophy & Doris Lloyd as the man & woman in the elevator.