A fun programmer about the sudden snobbery that socialite Claire Trevor faces when she discovers that her father was involved in criminal activities which resulted in his murder. Her fiancee Kent Taylor is determined to marry her, but she's completely humiliated by the situation and tries to end it. Taylor's society queen mother (Pauline Frederick), profiled in magazine articles on grand old families, is graceful on the surface (while Trevor's former close friend Helen Wood is obviously horrified and makes no attempt to hide it), but she's secretly plotting against them under the guise of the supportive mother-in-law. It's going to take a lot of struggling for Trevor and Taylor to make it!
Great to see the future Oscar winning actress in an early lead, having been a rising ingenue for several years. But she's just one of many Hollywood blondes, so it would take films like "Dead End", "Stagecoach", "Murder My Sweet" and of course "Key Largo" to make her an immortal femme fatale. Frederick, who played trouble making mothers in several 30's women's potboilers, is delightfully sneaky in her deviousness, showing the audience her displeasure with a sneer behind Trevor's back.
Taylor and his on-screen brother (Thomas Beck) are too weak to get out from their mother's thumb although Beck does warn Trevor not to trust darling mama. Wood is an effective snob, and the always good Paul Kelly memorable as the old friend of Trevor's father who stands by her. Great character actors Beryl Mercer and Henry Kolker add good support. Great art direction and a gripping pace, under the direction of.l George Archainbaud makes this a glamorous second feature, showing that often, the B's could look like an A when done right.
Great to see the future Oscar winning actress in an early lead, having been a rising ingenue for several years. But she's just one of many Hollywood blondes, so it would take films like "Dead End", "Stagecoach", "Murder My Sweet" and of course "Key Largo" to make her an immortal femme fatale. Frederick, who played trouble making mothers in several 30's women's potboilers, is delightfully sneaky in her deviousness, showing the audience her displeasure with a sneer behind Trevor's back.
Taylor and his on-screen brother (Thomas Beck) are too weak to get out from their mother's thumb although Beck does warn Trevor not to trust darling mama. Wood is an effective snob, and the always good Paul Kelly memorable as the old friend of Trevor's father who stands by her. Great character actors Beryl Mercer and Henry Kolker add good support. Great art direction and a gripping pace, under the direction of.l George Archainbaud makes this a glamorous second feature, showing that often, the B's could look like an A when done right.