Minor Borzage, unfortunately. Straight guy James Dunn in his feature debut falls for sassy Sally Eilers. He doesn't take to her best friend Minna Gombell, who calls him 'grouch' but really they grow to like each other. Eilers gets pregnant and thinks he won't like it; he thinks the same. Vina Delmar's novel and play adapted by Edwin Burke.
When Eilers' brother William Pawley finds out she's getting married, he kicks her out - what a cunt! Good moment where Dunn is boxing to make some extra money, reveals to opponent he's about to have a baby; opponent sympathises. Also liked Gombell's kid who adds black ink to milk to make it black, but can't understand why when you add milk to black ink it doesn't turn it white.
Best moment - the just-met couple on the stairway, seeing life go on around them; particularly lady on phone who in single take explains that her mother has just died.
Aspect ratio is 1.2:1 (I think).
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