USA,
1931, 81 min
Directed by:
James WhaleCinematography:
Arthur EdesonCast:
Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr, Bette Davis, Enid Bennett, Billy Bevan, Ethel Griffies, Louise Emmons, Elspeth DudgeonPlots(1)
Roy Cronin, a Canadian soldier in London on furlough, falls in love with Myra Deauville, unaware that she is a prostitute. She accepts his proposal of marriage just prior to his being shipped to the front. They visit his uncle, mother and sister for a weekend in the country. Myra realizes she cannot escape her past and, after Roy leaves, tells his mother about herself. Back in London she is killed in an air raid. (official distributor synopsis)
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