Manslaughter

A remake of the 1922 version that starred Leatrice Joy and Thomas Meighan, producer-writer-director Abbott did some considerable adaptation on this story and brought it up to date as well as removing much of the cloying sentiment. Colbert is an heiress with little regard for people or property. When she accidentally kills a motorcycle cop with her car, March, the zealous district attorney, is determined that there not be one law for the rich and one for the poor, so he pounds that home to the jury and Colbert is sent to jail. Once inside, she begins to learn about the other classes and is shocked to find her one-time maid also in prison, a woman whose first name sh...