Editing Bad Girl (1931 film) (section)

===Casting===
Borzage wanted [[Spencer Tracy]] to play the lead role, but Fox would not agree to this.<ref name=afi/> After seeing a screen test that New York stage actor [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]] had done at Fox Film's [[Kaufman Astoria Studios|Astoria Studios]] in [[Queens]], Borzage chose him for the role of Eddie and Dunn was signed to a Fox contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48351771/detroit-free-press/|title=Casual Test Put Dunn in Films|date=December 30, 1931|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|page=13|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref> Dunn made his screen debut in ''Bad Girl''.<ref name=afi /> Eilers had previously appeared in [[Buster Keaton]] films as an ingénue and was known for using "the filthiest language in Hollywood", thus connecting her in some way to the title character.{{sfn|Dumont|2015|pp=167-8}}