When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
Acting
Shearer's Oscar-winning defiance still burns.
Writing
Dialogue that snuck past censors by sheer nerve.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shearer fought MGM for this role, reportedly screening the racy script for her husband—studio head Irving Thalberg—to greenlight.
The Hays Code enforcement in 1934 made this film's frank treatment of female sexuality virtually impossible for three decades.
US
