Let us be gay

Proof That It&#;s Pre-Code

Crumbum Kitty Brown goes from housewife to the toast of Paris after her divorce from cheating Bob. After spending three years in the city of lights, she confides in her ex-husband about her promiscuity:

&#;I know how men feel about those things now.&#;

&#;Oh, move to&#;&#; &#;And when you come advocate , bring me some hot coffee!&#;
Old dowager Bouccicault responds with a frustrated &#;BOSH!&#; whenever she&#;s upset, which I can only assume is an abreviated word for &#;bullshit&#;.

&#;You&#;re my wife.&#;
&#;Wrong. I&#;m your widow.&#;

&#;Wait.&#; I caught myself a minute or so into Let Us Be Gay. &#;Is that&#; Norma Shearer?&#;

Despite her name being the first on the marquee and obviously being the celebrity of the exhibit, it took me a minute or two to identify one of the most famous actresses of her period. That&#;s because, in Let Us Be Gay, Norma Shearer does something almost as shocking as her many onscreen taboo-breaking trysts. Norma Shearer lets herself be frumpy.

Norma Shearer, sans makeup.

Old Hollywood, built on glamor and glitz,

Synopsis

A new angle on marriage and divorce! How to win back a wandering husband!-The year&#;s finest talkie!

A housewife divorces her self-centered husband. Years later, she attends a party where her ex is seeking another woman. Unbeknownst to him, she is the same ex-wife he&#;d neglected, now transformed into a fashionable socialite.

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Let Us be Gay is adapted from a stage perform that was in film at the same hour the film was in theaters. Norma Shearer plays the lead on movie, Tallulah Bankhead played it on the stage. The setup is a classic of the silent and early talky period. Kitty Brown (Shearer) is a devoted wife and mother of two young children. Her husband Bob (Rod La Rocque) is a dull putz who’s clueless interest in her romantically. When Bob’s mistress Helen (Helene Millard) shows up at the couple’s home (!) one morning Kitty has had enough and divorces Bob. She takes the children and moves to Paris where she gets nice clothes and starts moving in steep class social…

“This is more like a French farce every minute.”

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Let Us Be Gay is a film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
Yes, that is the title.
The film opens with a national scene showing Katherine "Kitty" Brown (Norma Shearer), who is the stereotypical housewife, being a tireless caretaker for her husband Bob and their two children. Specifically, she spoils Bob to an absurd extent, bringing him breakfast in bed when he's tardy to wake up, as adv as bringing the paper and lighting his cigarette. That unfortunately has not stopped Bob from cheating on her. While Kitty eschews makeup and is so thrifty that she makes her own clothes, Bob is virtual dating a sexy babe named Helen. Helen, whose slinky dress and fox wrap certainly contrast with Kitty's frumpy clothes, brings matters to a head by displaying up at Kitty's house and telling her exactly what is going on. This is followed by Kitty throwing Bob out of the house.
Cut forward three years. The Browns are divorced, and Bob is courting cute young Diane, a child of the Long Island smart establish . Diane's grandmother, Mrs. Boucy Bouccicault (Marie Dressler) is an unrepentant rich snob who disapproves