Trite melodrama set in the Barbary Coast circa 1906-1933 features Chatterton as the orphaned daughter of a kindly saloonkeeper (her parents were killed in the San Francisco earthquake) who rises to become the madame of a popular bordello. Along the way she bears an illegitimate son whom
she gives away to rich parents. As the years go by Chatterton becomes one of the driving forces in the San Francisco underworld, but to her dismay her son grows up to become a crusading district attorney committed to wiping out all crime. Chatterton's lieutenant Calhern decides the only way to
stop this law-and-order binge is to eliminate the district attorney, but Chatterton kills ...
Released:
1933
Rated:
NR
Length:
70 mins