A British aristocrat (Gilbert Emery) is frustrated by his playboy son (John Darrow) who is a promising architect but he's in the clutches of a gold digger (Margaret Livingston). A chance encounter with a streetwalker (Betty Compson) gives him the impetus to hire her to steal his son away from the gold digger. But when both men fall in love with her, complications ensue including murder. Directed by George Archainbaud (THIRTEEN WOMEN). This pre code melodrama is quite agreeable. You can see where it's going but it's enjoyable enough that you don't mind. Betty Compson is appealing and her character has a backbone and it's not long before you realize she's too good for either the father or the son! The film's ambiguous ending suggests a happy ending but it ends before we know for sure. With Ivan Lebedeff and Edgar Norton.
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