They Call It Sin (1932)

Although he's engaged to be married, a traveling salesman (David Manners) romances a small town girl (Loretta Young). She leaves the small town to go to New York and look him up only to find out that he has a fiancee (Helen Vinson). Based on the novel by Alberta Stedman Eagan and directed by Thornton Freeland (FLYING DOWN TO RIO). I found most of this pre code melodrama infuriating. Manner's character is despicable, hurting two different women by romancing them at the same time and continuing after he's married yet they both love him unconditionally. The predatory lech (Louis Calhern) trying to get Young into his bed is a creep too but at least he's honest about his intentions. Still, even as a pre code it's a bit of a cheat. It teases us without delivering the goods. With George Brent, Una Merkel (who provides some much needed comic relief), Elizabeth Patterson and Roscoe Karns.