Call Her Savage (1932)

A hot tempered young girl (Clara Bow) impulsively marries a wealthy playboy (Monroe Owsley) who is also an alcoholic. When the marriage falls disastrously apart, she goes from prostitution and poverty to inheriting a small fortune from her grandfather. But nothing seems to go right for her. Based on the novel by Tiffany Thayer and directed by John Francis Dillon. Wow! This pre-code melodrama has everything but the kitchen sink tossed in! Alcoholism, rape, interracial romance, adultery, homosexuality, prostitution, gigolos, suffocated babies, catfights and even a rattlesnake gets thrown in the mix. It's so crazy that how can you not get drawn in? Clara Bow may not have been one of the screen's great actresses but the lady was a STAR! And a very carnal screen presence, too. Sadly, this was her next to last film before retiring from the screen forever. Fun stuff. With Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd (her first encounter with Bow is marvelously bitchy), Estelle Taylor and Weldon Heyburn.