The picture was released at the depths of the Depression and showed that even the Long Island rich can manage to be unhappy. Bankhead is married to Stephens and she loses $10,000 gambling in a club (in 1931, truly a king's ransom). She must keep that from Stephens so she takes some money
she'd been harboring for a charity fund and speculates in the market in a vain attempt to win back the earlier money. Naturally, her stock deal sours and she is now in very hot water so she "accepts" money from a wealthy admirer (Pichel, later a successful B movie director) who has just returned
from the Orient. Stephens gives her money to pay Pichel but Pichel would prefer several...
Released:
1931
Rated:
NR
Length:
65 mins