Summary
A vibrant, defiant chorus girl, Rosalie Ryan, finds her path crossing with the dissolute scion of wealth, Bob Westbrook. Initially, she spurns his proposal, her integrity recoiling from his pervasive alcoholism. Yet, a venomous encounter with his contemptuous family, whose snobbery borders on the grotesque, ignites a fierce retaliatory impulse within her. She accepts, not for love or security, but as an audacious act of social insurgency, a calculated affront to their gilded cage. This calculated defiance soon plunges her into a deeper mire of aristocratic intrigue when she uncovers Bob's sister, Phyllis, is poised to elope with Martyn Edwards, a notorious rake whose past betrayals include a close confidante of Rosalie's. Driven by a complex blend of loyalty and a burgeoning sense of responsibility, Rosalie confronts Phyllis, only to find herself ensnared in a chilling tableau of violence, culminating in her arrest for a murder she seemingly stumbled upon, a tragic pawn in a game far deadlier than she could have imagined.
Synopsis
Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but she refuses, mainly because of his heavy drinking. However, after being brazenly insulted by his family, she accepts his proposal, just to get under their skin. She finds out that Bob's sister Phyllis is planning to run off with Martyn Edwards, a cad who once betrayed a close friend of Rosalie's. Rosalie goes to Phyllis' apartment to talk her out of it, but soon finds herself involved in, and arrested for, a murder.
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