Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions of her longtime friend, the volatile sculptor Ralph Le Saint. When pianist Paul Lockridge arrives from Paris, he begs Peggy to run away with him to France, where they can share adventure and a full life -- but complications arise for Peggy when Gibson's attractive daughter visits.
Acting
Nancy Carroll's eyes do more talking than the script allows.
Costume
Adrian's gowns scream wealth while Peggy whispers escape.
Director
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paramount destroyed most prints in 1936; this surviving version was salvaged from a private collection in the 1960s. The studio literally tried to erase Nancy Carroll's Oscar-worthy performance from history.
Released mere months before the Production Code enforcement, this captures the precise moment Hollywood could still show women choosing passion over propriety. The 1930 'sin' became 1934's impossibility.
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