She got the ring, the kid, and a husband who ghosted her—1930s marriage was WILD.
Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.
Acting
Gertrude Michael's side-eye could kill.
Writing
Tagline hits harder than most scripts today.
Director
Edward Killy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code films like this snuck in raw marital misery before the Hays Code sanitized Hollywood in 1934.
Director Edward Killy mostly worked as assistant director on bigger RKO pictures—this rare lead gig packs maximum drama into minimum runtime.
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