Gangster's moll Marcia quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan for a respectable rich man, Bob, but after their child, her shady background becomes a liability. Bob is so embarrassed by her former associations that he sues for divorce.


Should you actually sit through this? If you have a soft spot for those 1931 movies where everyone talks like they have a train to catch, then yes. It is a quick watch and Mae Clarke is always worth the time. People who hate old-fashioned melodrama where a woman's 'reputation' is the only thing that matters will probab...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"Should you actually sit through this? If you have a soft spot for those 1931 movies where everyone talks like they have a train to catch, then yes. It is a quick watch and Mae Clarke is always worth the time. People who hate old-fashioned melodrama where a woman's 'reputation' is the only thing that matters will probably want to throw their remote at the screen. It's definitely for the pre-code obsessives who like seeing how movies handled 'sin' before the censors got really mean. The Good Bad G..."
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