Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see the last six minutes of this film, which really sucks. I liked what I saw and I'm very interested to know how it concluded.
Of interest to me was the eventual relationship between Richard 'Dick' Grady (Fredric March) and Carlotta aka Ann Trevor (Tallulah Bankhead). Dick Grady cleaned himself up enough to represent Carlotta in a murder trial in Panama, which is how they met, but then they went their separate ways.
Carlotta was a woman of the night who killed a man in self-defense. We never see the exchange, but we do see the abuse she was taking up until the homicide. She said the gun went off in a struggle, and whether it did or not, it was clear she had to kill the man to protect herself.
Dick was the only lawyer who would defend her. All the other qualified lawyers believed her case was a loser. Dick, who was a drunkard, had nothing to lose by defending her and, furthermore, needed money. He sobered up and defended her admirably, to the point she was acquitted and he landed himself a good job.
Carlotta ceremoniously changed her name to Ann Trevor then moved to New York to start over. Carlotta was now dead and a new woman was in her stead. What she didn't know is that Dick was in love with her. So, when she began her new life, she also accepted a marriage proposal from Larry Gordon (Scott Kolk), a wealthy New Yorker who was crazy about her.
That only became a problem when Dick came to town and professed his love for her and asked her if she had told Larry about her past. When she said no, it set up for an emotional dilemma.
A.) Tell my fiance about my past and potentially lose him.
B.) Keep it a secret because that part of my life is over and I'm a different person.
I got to the part where Ann told Larry about her past and the movie froze right there never to continue. I searched and searched for another source of the movie to no avail. I would even pay to see the last six minutes. I'm not nuts about the movie, but I hate that I invested so much time and interest in it without being able to see its conclusion.
Free on YouTube.
Of interest to me was the eventual relationship between Richard 'Dick' Grady (Fredric March) and Carlotta aka Ann Trevor (Tallulah Bankhead). Dick Grady cleaned himself up enough to represent Carlotta in a murder trial in Panama, which is how they met, but then they went their separate ways.
Carlotta was a woman of the night who killed a man in self-defense. We never see the exchange, but we do see the abuse she was taking up until the homicide. She said the gun went off in a struggle, and whether it did or not, it was clear she had to kill the man to protect herself.
Dick was the only lawyer who would defend her. All the other qualified lawyers believed her case was a loser. Dick, who was a drunkard, had nothing to lose by defending her and, furthermore, needed money. He sobered up and defended her admirably, to the point she was acquitted and he landed himself a good job.
Carlotta ceremoniously changed her name to Ann Trevor then moved to New York to start over. Carlotta was now dead and a new woman was in her stead. What she didn't know is that Dick was in love with her. So, when she began her new life, she also accepted a marriage proposal from Larry Gordon (Scott Kolk), a wealthy New Yorker who was crazy about her.
That only became a problem when Dick came to town and professed his love for her and asked her if she had told Larry about her past. When she said no, it set up for an emotional dilemma.
A.) Tell my fiance about my past and potentially lose him.
B.) Keep it a secret because that part of my life is over and I'm a different person.
I got to the part where Ann told Larry about her past and the movie froze right there never to continue. I searched and searched for another source of the movie to no avail. I would even pay to see the last six minutes. I'm not nuts about the movie, but I hate that I invested so much time and interest in it without being able to see its conclusion.
Free on YouTube.