Summary
In the flicker of silver nitrate dreams, a celestial actress—her face a cathedral of incandescent yearning—spurns the opulent orbit of an aging mogul for the easy grin of a dime-store salesman whose promises evaporate faster than bootleg gin. The marriage curdles: chandeliers dim, laughter turns to sour breath, and the once-glittering bride finds herself shackled to a sofa-sunk sot who pawns her pearls for another swallow. From the shadows, the jilted magnate—Brand, a name like cold iron—returns, part surgeon, part penitent, stitching the torn fabric of her life while her husband drifts toward a watery reckoning. When the river finally claims its souse, the stage resets: curtains rise on a new contract, a new ring, a new act in which love is negotiated like box-office percentages and redemption sold by the reel.
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A screen star chooses to marry a salesman rather than an older admirer and sees her mistake when her husband becomes a shiftless alcoholic. Brand, the former suitor, tries to straighten out the husband and comfort the star. The accidental death by drowning of the husband gives Brand the chance to marry her.
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