Break Of Hearts (1935)

An internationally famous orchestra conductor and womanizer (Charles Boyer) romances an aspiring composer (Katharine Hepburn). But his infidelities soon become an obstacle in their marriage. Directed by Philip Moeller (THE AGE OF INNOCENCE), who was a stage director and this was his second and last film. Boy, does this one creak! No fault of its stars. Hepburn is at her most charmingly girlish and Boyer exudes Continental charm but neither can overcome the movie's contrived screenplay or Moeller's lackluster direction. Anyway, movies about women who sacrifice themselves to men who don't deserve them aren't attractive to me and here, Hepburn rejects the boyish John Beal who treats her like royalty in favor of the unstable and arrogant Boyer. Similarly themed films about naive young girls falling in love with worldly classical music conductors (like INTEMEZZO and Sirk's INTERLUDE) handled the subject better. The film was a (very) modest hit. For Hepburn completists only. With Jean Hersholt and Inez Courtney.