Strangers May Kiss (1931)

A career woman (Norma Shearer) has unconventional ideas when it comes to marriage and relationships between men and women. She falls madly in love with a man (Neil Hamilton), who wants his freedom. When he goes to Mexico, she follows him knowing he won't marry her. Her childhood friend (Robert Montgomery) who is love with her warns her against going but nothing will stop her. Based on the novel by Ursula Parrot and directed by George Fitzmaurice (RAFFLES). Before she became the great lady of MGM, Norma Shearer resembled a normal person. She was inviting and had a smidgeon of sex appeal. She hadn't calcified yet when she did this film so she's soft and appealing. This pre code film has some interesting ideas regarding men's obsession with the Madonna and The Whore syndrome. They'll take pleasure in a woman but they don't want that type to take for a wife. The film surprised me when it didn't go where I thought it was going to go and I'm not sure I'm okay with that. With Marjorie Rambeau, Irene Rich, Hale Hamilton and Conchita Montenegro.