"Indiscreet" stars one of my favorite actresses of that era, Gloria Swanson. She plays Gerry Trent, a lively, spirited woman who likes to sing (she was bad at it). The movie begins with her breaking it off with Jim Woodward (Monroe Owsley), a pencil mustached playboy who was dating her and several other women.
Sometime later Gerry met a man that she'd fall in love with almost instantly; an author named Tony Blake (Ben Lyon). The two were a hit, but Gerry had a secret. Her secret was that she'd been in a relationship before with Jim (Owsley).
This is when knowing the mores of the era is important. She was in an intimate relationship with a man whom she was not married to. That, in and of itself, could've deemed her not marriage-worthy--a scarlet letter so-to-speak. Of course, today that means zilch, but it meant a lot back then.
Tony took the news a little sorely, but he quickly thought better of it and realized that he loved Gerry and as long as that relationship was over and in the past there was no reason to let it stop the two from marrying.
Things would've gone swimmingly for the two of them had Jim not come back to New York. Not only did he come back to New York, he came back with Gerry's sister, Joan (Barbara Kent), in tow. He'd proposed to Joan on their boat ride from Europe. Gerry knew what a Jim Woodward proposal meant and she would do anything to show Joan that Jim was no good.
Gloria stole the show in this one even though the editing and quality was poor (It may have been digitally recorded from a bad copy). This was a lively romcom that was humorous. Gloria was the show and she showed out.
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Sometime later Gerry met a man that she'd fall in love with almost instantly; an author named Tony Blake (Ben Lyon). The two were a hit, but Gerry had a secret. Her secret was that she'd been in a relationship before with Jim (Owsley).
This is when knowing the mores of the era is important. She was in an intimate relationship with a man whom she was not married to. That, in and of itself, could've deemed her not marriage-worthy--a scarlet letter so-to-speak. Of course, today that means zilch, but it meant a lot back then.
Tony took the news a little sorely, but he quickly thought better of it and realized that he loved Gerry and as long as that relationship was over and in the past there was no reason to let it stop the two from marrying.
Things would've gone swimmingly for the two of them had Jim not come back to New York. Not only did he come back to New York, he came back with Gerry's sister, Joan (Barbara Kent), in tow. He'd proposed to Joan on their boat ride from Europe. Gerry knew what a Jim Woodward proposal meant and she would do anything to show Joan that Jim was no good.
Gloria stole the show in this one even though the editing and quality was poor (It may have been digitally recorded from a bad copy). This was a lively romcom that was humorous. Gloria was the show and she showed out.
Free with Amazon Prime.