great depression,female protagonist,pre-code,based on short story,seamstress,broadway producer

Under Eighteen (1932)

Poster for Under Eighteen

Her mistake was thinking with her heart-instead of her head!

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.

Cast & Crew

Director
Archie Mayo
  • Profile picture of Marian Marsh
    Margie Evans Marian Marsh
  • Profile picture of Anita Page
    Sophie Anita Page
  • Profile picture of Regis Toomey
    Jimmie Slocum Regis Toomey
  • Profile picture of Warren William
    Raymond Harding Warren William
  • Profile picture of Norman Foster
    Alf Norman Foster
  • Profile picture of Joyce Compton
    Sybil Joyce Compton
  • Profile picture of J. Farrell MacDonald
    Pop Evans J. Farrell MacDonald
  • Profile picture of Claire Dodd
    Babsy Claire Dodd

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Keywords

  • great depression
  • female protagonist
  • pre-code
  • based on short story
  • seamstress
  • broadway producer