When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
Acting
Colbert's transformation from naive mother to hardened diva is devastating.
Costume
Those gowns! Pre-code glamour that screams 'I have secrets and sequins.'
Director
George Somnes
Claudette Colbert
Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
Ricardo Cortez
Tony Cummings
David Manners
Michael 'Mike' Gardner
Lyda Roberti
Dora Nichols
Charley Grapewin
Andrew 'Juddy' Judson
Florence Roberts
Mother Angelica
Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Julia Judson
Ethel Griffies
Agatha Alden
Baby LeRoy
Bobby, Dora's Baby at 1 Year
Mildred Washington
Carrie
Cora Sue Collins
Sally, Age 5
Helen Jerome Eddy
Miss Spaulding
Albert Conti
Carlotti
Jean Acker
Nightclub Patron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released just before the Hays Code crackdown, this is pre-code Hollywood at its most socially daring—depicting unwed motherhood without moral punishment.
Colbert performed her own singing, though her voice was later dubbed for some numbers—a studio compromise that reportedly infuriated her.
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