Tarnished Lady

This was Bankhead's very first sound film, but unfortunately the title sums up the film's quality. The husky-voiced actress plays a New York socialite who marries Brook so she can dig her claws into his vast wealth. Foster, Bankhead's chief rival in social circles, is thoroughly dismayed by this union, as is Kirkland, one of Bankhead's former suitors. Bankhead grows bored with the marriage and takes to hanging out in nightclubs, then gets a job of her own. When Wall Street wipes out Brook's fortunes, Bankhead, now with a child to raise, realizes she does indeed love her husband and the two are reunited. This was Cukor's first solo directorial effort (following thre...