The Girl from 10th Avenue Available Now on DVD

A decent, everyday person facing economic hard times gives the idle rich their comeuppance: its a storyline staple of Depressionera comedy romances, one that served William Powell in My Man Godfrey, Ginger Rogers in 5th Ave. Girl and, moving 5 blocks west, Bette Davis in The Girl from 10th Avenue. Davis plays working girl Miriam Brady, who rescues heartbroken attorney and society man Geoffrey Sherwood (Ian Hunter) from his public bout of blues in a bottle, marries him and then tries to keep him when Geoffreys former flame resurfaces. Among the highlights: an exFloradora girl (Alison Skipworth) enlightening Miriam in the smart sets dos, donts and dontyoudares.