A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.
Acting
Gloria Stuart's razor-sharp courtroom authority
Production
Depression-era career anxiety captured in glossy MGM style
Director
Erle C. Kenton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gloria Stuart would become the oldest Oscar nominee at 87 for Titanic, but here at 28 she was already commanding the screen as a legal powerhouse.
This forgotten pre-war gem flips the 'working wife' anxiety of 1930s cinema—she's not punished for success, he's punished for failing to keep up.
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