Orphaned Ruth Sheldon reads an article on "Love Charms" on her way to live in the home of her Aunt Julia and Cousin Hattie Nast. Upon her arrival, Ruth is put to work as housekeeper, cook, and seamstress.


A nickel’s worth of newsprint propels a Dickensian waif into a drawing-room chess match where hearts are the pieces and every move leaves fingerprints on the soul. The Love Charm is not merely a curio exhumed from Paramount’s moth-proof vaults; it is a time capsule of twenties sexual economics, stitched with enough ...

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" A nickel’s worth of newsprint propels a Dickensian waif into a drawing-room chess match where hearts are the pieces and every move leaves fingerprints on the soul. The Love Charm is not merely a curio exhumed from Paramount’s moth-proof vaults; it is a time capsule of twenties sexual economics, stitched with enough catgut tension to make a Stradivarius weep. Director John Francis Dillon shoots the opening train sequence like a criminal line-up: windows become celluloid frames, each passenger ..."
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