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She Couldn't Say No (1930 film)

She Couldn't Say No
She Couldn't Say No 1930 Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Benjamin M. Kaye (play)
Arthur Caesar
Robert Lord
Harvey F. Thew
Starring Winnie Lightner
Chester Morris
Sally Eilers
Johnny Arthur
Music by Joe Burke
Cinematography James Van Trees
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • February 15, 1930 (1930-02-15)
Running time
70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

She Couldn't Say No is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama which stars Winnie Lightner, fresh from her success in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929). It was adapted from a play by Benjamin M. Kaye. An aspiring singer ends up in a love triangle with a gangster and a socialite.

Winnie Harper (Lightner) is a nightclub entertainer. This club is owned by a notorious gangster named Big John (Marshall). Jerry Casey (Morris), a gangster, begins dating Winnie and becomes her manager in an attempt to go straight. Jerry manages to put Winnie in a fancy society nightclub.

Morris, however, falls in love with Iris, a rich customer (Eilers). In order to be able to buy gifts worthy of his new socialite girlfriend, and also to get money for Winnie's upcoming revue, Jerry asks Big John for another job. Jerry tells Winnie about his love for Iris but she disproves and thinks that Iris is not serious about their relationship.

Later on, Jerry gets arrested and Winnie pays his bail, but is broken-hearted when Jerry leaves her to return to Iris. Winnie, with the help of Tommy Blake her pianist (Arthur), lands a job in a revue and attempts to forget Jerry. Nevertheless, when she hears that Jerry is in trouble with his fellow gang members, she goes to try to help him.

All songs were performed by Lightner.

The film is now considered a lost film, but the soundtrack survives intact on Vitaphone disks.



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