The Bachelor Girl

The Bachelor Girl

1929 · 66 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Romance

Joyce (Jacqueline Logan), a beautiful and efficient secretary, does her best to take in hand and reform shiftless stock clerk Jimmy (William Colllier, Jr.), with whom she is in love. Despite her tireless efforts, he continues on his downward path. They separate, only to meet a couple of years later, at which point he vows to make himself worthy of her.

Directed by Richard Thorpe · Written by Weldon Melick

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