Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.
Acting
Corinne Griffith's cool detachment—she's using the system, not victim to it.
Production
Glamour on a budget: art deco excess crammed into 56 minutes.
Director
William A. Seiter
Corinne Griffith
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Grant Withers
Gerald
Montagu Love
Charles Wheeler
Hallam Cooley
Al Bloom
Vivien Oakland
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Geneva Mitchell
Babe
William Bailey
Ed
Louise Beavers
Nellie - Hester's Maid
Louise Carver
Masseuse
John Elliott
Hot Springs Hotel Baggage Clerk
James A. Marcus
Judge
Broderick O'Farrell
Doctor
Virginia Sale
Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood (1929-1934) snuck in abortion, adultery, and sex work before the Hays Code crushed everything. This was edgy then; now it's fascinating evidence.
Corinne Griffith was so big she got billing as 'The Orchid Lady'—yet this B-picture killed her talkie career. Audiences decided her voice didn't match her silent-era glamour.
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