A drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-code dramas that don't shy away from how ugly people can get when they're miserable, yes. It's not a light watch, and if you hate watching people ruin their own lives, stay away. It’s essentially for anyone who wants to see Fredric March sweat through his shirt whi...
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Dorothy Arzner
Bruno Ziener
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-code dramas that don't shy away from how ugly people can get when they're miserable, yes. It's not a light watch, and if you hate watching people ruin their own lives, stay away. It’s essentially for anyone who wants to see Fredric March sweat through his shirt while making terrible life choices. There is a specific kind of desperation in this movie. It feels like the air is constantly humid, even when they’re inside those fancy, stiff-coll..."
Edwin Justus Mayer, Cleo Lucas
United States
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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