Conrad Nagel as Dr Dick Lindley Sidney Fox as Marianne Madison Bette Davis as Laura Madison Humphrey Bogart as Valentine Corliss Charles Winninger as Mr Madison Emma Dunn as Mrs Madison ZaSu Pitts as Minnie (the Madison family servant) Slim Summerville as Sam Bert Roach as Wade Trumbull David Durand as Hedrick Madison (Marianne and Laura's kid brother) Production and release notes The original title for Bad Sister during production was What a Flirt and then briefly changed to Gambling Daughters just before the film's nationwide release. Bette Davis, nervous about her appearance in her first feature film, consulted with studio makeup chief Jack Pierce, who "surveyed me critically, almost resentfully," she recalled for an interview in the April 1938 issue of Good Housekeeping. "Your eyelashes are too short, hair's a nondescript color, and mouth's too small. A fat little Dutch girl's face, and a neck that's too long," he told her. He suggested a different shade of lipstick and advised her to use eye shadow, but their meeting left Davis feeling anxious and lacking self-confidence. After seeing the completed film, producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. commented, "Can you imagine some poor guy going through hell and high water and ending up with her at the fade-out?" Davis was required to change a baby in one scene, and the fact the infant was a boy was kept secret from her. When she undid the diaper and saw male genitals for the first time in her life, she was so embarrassed her face reddened enough to look deep gray for on the production's black-and-white film. Davis and her mother attended a preview of the film in San Bernardino, California. The actress was reportedly so distressed by her performance that they left before the final credits. Certain her Hollywood career was over, she cried all the way home. References External links 1931 films 1931 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Films based on American novels Films based on works by Booth Tarkington Films directed by Hobart Henley Universal Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films