Finishing School

Finishing SchoolNo smoking. No drinking. No lipstick. Pretty Virginia Radcliffe (Frances Dee) earnestly accepts the strict rules enforced by exclusive Crockett Hall. Have a smoke, have a drink and have a wild weekend in New York, suggests her roommate Pony Ferris (Ginger Rogers), who knows the rules have nothing to do with the girls' welfare and everything to do with the school's reputation. Adorably worldly, appealingly smart, third billed Rogers steals the show in

a scarfaced killer in a cowboy hat and a computer genius scheming to blow up the Statue of Liberty

draught afflicted town of Lima Junction

And as if that isn't risky enough

And this Heartbeat City video compilation

and that means much musical celebration

This sequel to A Family Affair

the greatest of all swashbuckling stars

playing the kind of vinegary old-timer that wash is specialty

highway pursuits (lesson #1: drive on the left)

The Letter) joins the hunt as a mysterious Brit who's awfully chummy with the cops

Raffles (1930): A safecracker (Colman) falls for a peer (Kay Francis) and vows to go straight

But when a young girl prays for just such a miracle