
Thrill-seeking society girl Lydia causes a motorcycle policeman's death and is prosecuted by her fiancé Daniel, who describes in lurid detail the downfall of Rome. While she's in prison, she reforms and Daniel becomes a wasted alcoholic.


Cecil B. DeMille’s Manslaughter doesn’t tiptoe into moral chaos—it pirouettes in a rhinestone dress, knocks back a sidecar, and leaves tire-treads across the audience’s conscience. A Plot That Burns Rubber on the Road to Perdition In the dizzying first act, Leatrice Joy’s Lydia strikes flint against the night city:...

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Cecil B. DeMille

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" Cecil B. DeMille’s Manslaughter doesn’t tiptoe into moral chaos—it pirouettes in a rhinestone dress, knocks back a sidecar, and leaves tire-treads across the audience’s conscience. A Plot That Burns Rubber on the Road to Perdition In the dizzying first act, Leatrice Joy’s Lydia strikes flint against the night city: confetti snowstorms, confessions whispered over roulette felt, a police siren strangled by the roar of her Hispano-Suiza. The fatal collision is staged like an altar sacrifice—hea..."
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