Movie Reviewed: Born to be bad (1933), starring Loretta Young

Movie Reviewed: Born to be bad (1933), starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant

Loretta Young plays “BAD” in this pre-code film

The highlight of this movie is Loretta Young playing a single mother and leading a wayward life. In fact she plays a bad mother completely ignoring the welfare of her son and even goes to the extent of bilking a fortune (in a fabricated law-suit) from a wealthy couple played by Cary Grant and Marion Burns. This is one of the several movies that Hollywood made openly challenging the moral code prescribed by Hay’s office. Many reviewers have rated this movie poorly, since it deals with a ’trashy’ story. I liked the performance of Loretta Young doing her best to portray the “image” of a bad mom. Cary Grant’s performance is acceptable. In fact he had just finished doing his best performances with Marlene Dietrich (“Blonde Venus”) and May West (“She done him wrong” and “I’m no angel”).