Review of The Life of Vergie Winters

Anne Harding is "Vergie", who gets caught up with married man John Shadwell (john Boles). Lon Chaney Junior is in here as Hugo. The film opens with a funeral march down main street, and Vergie appears to be in prison, and... suddenly we're in flashback ! was Shadwell just her lawyer, or was it more than that? Shadwell is running for congress, and obviously a scandal would hurt his chances and career. and this all takes place before, during, and after WW One. there's a baby, that pops up out of no-where, and is being raised by Shadwell. It's a love story where Vergie must love him from afar. she watches it all from the sidelines. and to make things interesting, This was all on the "verge" of the film code, so they could only say so much in the film. in another year, it would be forbidden to even show such human issues and talk about such things. The truth all comes out when the baby is grown up and about to be married. Pretty good story! it all comes back full circle by the end. an old time story, told right before the production code white-washed everything. shows on Turner Classic. Directed by Al Santell.