A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
Acting
Joan Bennett's razor-sharp pivot between vulnerability and calculation.
Costume
Gowns that scream new money vs. old money tension.
Director
Alan Crosland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made mere months before the Hays Code enforcement, this is pure 'sin before the storm' cinema—films like this literally disappeared for decades.
Joan Bennett later called her Pre-Code period 'the fun before they put us in aprons'—she married a producer and became a 1940s noir icon instead.
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