After her lover (Neil Hamilton) dumps her, a cabaret singer (Joan Crawford) becomes suicidal. But she is saved by a Salvation Army member (Clark Gable), who tries to turn her life around. Based on the play TORCH SONG (no relation to the 1953 film also starring Crawford) by Kenyon Nicholson and directed by Harry Beaumont (OUR DANCING DAUGHERS). This may be a pre code feature but it's ridiculous and preachy! Crawford and Gable (the second of their eight teamings together) as Salvation Army workers? About as believable as casting Lassie as a vegetarian! It's the old Cecil B. DeMille ruse, show the sin and let the audiences enjoy it before getting all sanctimonious and righteous at the film's end! Still, audiences ate it up and the film was a hit. With Marjorie Rambeau, Roscoe Karns, Guy Kibbee and Cliff Edwards.
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