| She Had To Say Yes | |
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| Directed by | George Amy Busby Berkeley |
| Written by | John Francis Larkin (story "Customer's Girl") Rian James Don Mullally |
| Starring | Loretta Young Winnie Lightner Lyle Talbot Regis Toomey |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Music by | Leo F. Forbstein |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
She Had To Say Yes is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by George Amy and Busby Berkeley. It was Berkley's directorial debut. Loretta Young stars as a secretary who receives unwanted sexual advances when she is sent out on dates with her employer's clients. The film was promoted with the teaser "We apologize to the men for the many frank revelations made by this picture, but we just had to show it as it was filmed. The true story of the working girl."[1]
According to pre-Code scholar Thomas Doherty, it was part of a series of movies that drew inspiration from the "real-life compromises working girls made to get and retain employment" during the Great Depression.[1] A repeated theme in women's pictures in the Depression was the "threat of sexual violation" and the "hard necessity of risking virtue to keep a paycheck".[1] Women of that time were often subjected to sexual harassment, and had to endure indignities in a highly competitive job market. The film received a negative review in The New York Times when it was released.[2]
- ^ a b c Doherty. pg. 131
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. "She Had to Say Yes" (1933) review The New York Times, July 29, 1933, accessed October 12, 2010