Three on a Match

Three on a Match

Three wise girls who barred no holds and bit in the clinches.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Produced by First National Pictures

193263 min6.3 / 10

A pre-Code morality tale tracking the tragic downfall of a woman who squanders her advantages through vice, infidelity, and addiction, told with the melodramatic intensity of early 1930s cinema.

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.

Questions people ask

  • Is Three on a Match sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Three on a Match end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Three on a Match easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Three on a Match violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Three on a Match scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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