IMDb plot summary: In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as wealthy socialite Ann Harper, who has inherited a fortune provided that the family is involved in no scandals appearing in print, and her two aunts and uncle consent to the marriage.
Directed by Ted Wilde. Starring Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Louise Fazenda.
Loose Ankles tells the story of a wealthy heiress who inherits most of her father's estate, on the condition that she a) gets married, and b) is not involved in any scandals. She is disgusted by her generational wealth, however, and how greedy it has made her relatives whose inheritances also rest on those conditions, so she vows to get involved in a scandal, which will instead donate the entire estate to charity. She hires a young man to be seen with her in a compromising position, except he turns out to be a genuinely nice person. Now that I've spent half this review summarizing the plot... it's a great premise that kind of disappears halfway through the movie, and that's too bad, because it's so enjoyable while that's the story's main plot. The second half mostly becomes a silly tangent involving the female lead's aunts and the male lead's friends hanging out at a restaurant, and it loses its spark a bit. I really enjoy the premise and the first half of the film, and I wish it had kept up that momentum the whole way.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Loose Ankles > Hamlet (2009)
Loose Ankles < Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Loose Ankles > Peeping Tom
Loose Ankles < Draft Day
Loose Ankles < Westfront 1918
Loose Ankles < The Meg
Loose Ankles < Ballet Shoes
Loose Ankles < The Children's Hour
Loose Ankles < The Brood
Loose Ankles > Singles
Loose Ankles < Laurence Anyways
Loose Ankles > Garbo Talks
Final spot: #1489 out of 4027, or 63%.
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