Summary
In the chiaroscuro of post-war American aspiration, a penniless husband squanders tomorrow on amber poison while his wife, fingers once idle, now dance with needle and thread through silk as if stitching shut her own wounds. The atelier’s patron, a gilded predator in white gloves, leases her beauty like a rare vase for soirées where chandeliers drip crystal verdicts on virtue. Enter the husband again, now grubby extortionist, rattling the millionaire’s gilded cage until a confederate’s blade—flash like lightning in a alley—writes finis to the nuisance. Widowhood thus franchised, she ascends marble staircases toward vows and vaults, leaving behind the scent of burnt moral celluloid.
Synopsis
Mary Maddock becomes a seamstress after her husband Steve wastes their money on booze. Her employer provides her as an escort to accompany millionaire Mallory. Her husband tries blackmailing Mallory and is later killed by his accomplice, leaving Mary free to wed the millionaire.
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