Kiki (1931 film)

Kiki is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy, starring Mary Pickford and Reginald Denny, which was directed by Sam Taylor.

Kiki (Mary Pickford) is a hapless French chorus girl who has just been fired from her job.

Before she leaves, she drops her purse and clippings of Victor shaped in hearts fall out.

She eventually falls asleep in the room and finds a letter from Paulette the next morning.

Victor and Paulette fall in love with each other again, but they find out Kiki hasn't left the apartment.

New York Times film critic Mordaunt Hall credited the film for its comedy and characterizations of the stars in the movie; however longtime Pickford fans were not used to the loose adult role that the star traded for her earlier ingenuousness and it eventually flopped at the box office.

[3] It was the first Mary Pickford film since the formation of United Artists to lose money.