Virginia Davis
Mary Keaton as a Child
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Three on a Match: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William. Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1932-10-29
1h 3m 1932. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters. Cast & Crew. Read More. Mervyn Leroy. Director. Virginia Davis. Mary Keaton as a child. Joan Blondell. Mary Keaton. Dawn O'day. Vivian Revere as a child.
- Mervyn Leroy
- Virginia Davis
Three on a match (also known as third on a match or unlucky third light) is a purported superstition among soldiers during the Crimean War to World War II. The superstition goes that if three soldiers lit their cigarettes from the same match , one of the three would be killed or that the man who was third on the match would be shot.
Summaries. Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs. Mary Keaton, Vivian Kirkwood (née Revere), and Ruth Westcott have just run into one another for the first time since graduating from Public School 62 a decade ago, and in ...
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Three on a Match is an unusual set of contradictions. Disliked by most of its principles, it was loved by the censors. Denounced by critics and ignored at the box office, it’s become a cornerstone for serious cinema students when exploring the movies of the early 1930s.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Three on a Match covers approximately 13 years in the lives of girlhood chums Mary Keaton (Joan Blondell), Ruth Wescott (Bette Davis) and Vivian Deverse (Ann Dvorak). Having graduated from grammar school together in 1919, the girls stage a reunion ten years later.
Three on a Match (1932) 'Three on a Match' is a hard-hitting and compelling movie drama, made in 1932, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis. There is also a small role for a young Humphrey Bogart, his first appearance as a gangster.
