A Lost Lady

This was the second time around for the title Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and author Willa Cather was so disgusted by what was done to it that she forbade further sale of her works to Hollywood. Irene Rich starred in the 1925 silent version, which was fairly good, but this is hardly more than a fashion show for Stanwyck. She plays a woman who is about to be married when her fiance is killed by the irate husband of a woman with whom he'd once dallied. This event so traumatizes Stanwyck that she believes herself to be incapable of another love. She hides herself away at a mountain retreat, wallowing in self-pity. One afternoon, while hiking through rough terrain, s...