Lady Helen Haden (Billie Love) is vulgar self-made millionaire Sir Bruce Haden's (Montagu Love) indiscreet wife, whose attraction to and affair with a young American, Ned Thayer (Walter Pidgeon), leads to an acrimonious divorce..


If you enjoy watching people in absurdly expensive clothes look absolutely miserable, then you should probably watch this today. It is a perfect choice for anyone who loves the transition era of movies—you know, when they were still figuring out how microphones worked. If you hate slow-moving dramas where the main conf...

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"If you enjoy watching people in absurdly expensive clothes look absolutely miserable, then you should probably watch this today. It is a perfect choice for anyone who loves the transition era of movies—you know, when they were still figuring out how microphones worked. If you hate slow-moving dramas where the main conflict is 'reputation,' you will likely find this boring as hell. I just finished watching Her Private Life and my ears are still ringing a bit from Montagu Love. He plays Sir Bruce..."
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