Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett starred as a waitress who rises to acting stardom while her alcoholic mentor plummets into disgrace. A Bill of Divorcement (1932) followed but was notable only as the film debut of Katharine Hepburn, with whom Cukor would collaborate nine more times.

Outcast Lady (1934) found Constance Bennett in the role essayed by Garbo earlier in Clarence Brown’s A Woman of Affairs (1928); both were based on Michael Arlen’s best-selling novel The Green Hat. Leonard’s drama, which was constrained by the Production Code, was less impressive than the earlier version, largely…

…Bought! (1931), a drama starring Constance Bennett—then Hollywood’s highest-paid actress—as a woman who aspires to be wealthy until discovering the shallowness of many in high society. In 1932 he directed Mae West in her film debut, Night After Night. The romantic drama featured one of West’s most famous lines: a…

…a classic, with Grant and Constance Bennett as a fun-loving society couple who die in a car accident and return as ghosts. Thinking they need to perform a good deed in order to go to heaven, the two advise a friend (Roland Young) on how to improve his life.