Barbara Stanwyck plays a woman who is unlucky in love and on the brink of self-destruction when nice-guy Frank Morgan comes along and saves her life. Not only that, but he spends a lot of time and energy nursing her back to health. In the process, he falls in love with her. Stanwyck, while not in love, is very grateful and marries him. Unfortunately, later she meets up with Ricardo Cortez (in one of his non-gangster roles) and wants to run away with him--but what about sweet Frank Morgan? When he finds out the truth, he has a heart attack and Barbara feels too guilty to leave. Considering that Cortez doesn't have any qualms about her leaving Morgan at this point, I really felt he was a jerk, but still Stanwyck longed to leave with Cortez but couldn't.
This movie means well and the actors seem to give it their best, but overall it's a silly melodrama that is awfully tough to believe. The situations just seem sticky and overdone--and it's overdone melodrama throughout. However, given the nice production values and all, I still give it a 5--making it an okay time-passer. The bottom line is that all the actors involved made better films and poor Lyle Talbot seems to have nothing to do in the film--getting rather high billing but an unenviable role that gives him no chance to show his acting talents.
This movie means well and the actors seem to give it their best, but overall it's a silly melodrama that is awfully tough to believe. The situations just seem sticky and overdone--and it's overdone melodrama throughout. However, given the nice production values and all, I still give it a 5--making it an okay time-passer. The bottom line is that all the actors involved made better films and poor Lyle Talbot seems to have nothing to do in the film--getting rather high billing but an unenviable role that gives him no chance to show his acting talents.