

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?
Acting
Crawford's eyes could power a city.
Production
Depression-era luxury porn at its finest.
Direction
Brown lets silences scream.

Director
Clarence Brown
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Crawford and Gable's second pairing; their affair off-screen fueled the on-screen electricity that made them MGM's golden duo.
The 'pre-code' label means Marion keeps her apartment AND her agency — a 1934 Production Code would have punished her severely.