Despite the objections of her father, Henry B. Walthall, Barbara Kent runs off with chauffeur Eddie Phillips. A few months later, she discovers that his 'business' was gambling, he lost at it, he has sold her jewelry, and has forged Walthall's name on a note. She returns to Walthall, has a nervous breakdown, and is recovering when she reads in the paper that Phillips is dead, so there's no need to get a divorce. Feeling better, she and District Attorney Monte Blue fall in love. When she decides to take over management of her husband's household, she finds out that butler William Mong has been cooking the books and fires him.
Phillips, however, is not dead. He comes to her and blackmails her out of a necklace and cash, then leaves, only to be shot dead outside the house, with her husband's gun. The money and jewelry are gone, and now crooked political boss Dewey Robinson shows up to tell Blue he must either drop out of the race for reelection, or Robinson will tell the papers that Miss Kent had been married to Phillips, and that's why she shot him.
It's a nicely plotted movie, more a matter of watching Walthall and Blue figure out what actually happened, an early "howcatchem" mystery. Unfortunately, Blue is not a very good actor in the talkies, as quickly becomes evident in his scenes with Walthall. The direction by Wesley Ford is adequate, but it's a pity that the Poverty Row producer couldn't do better with George Morgan's interesting script.
Phillips, however, is not dead. He comes to her and blackmails her out of a necklace and cash, then leaves, only to be shot dead outside the house, with her husband's gun. The money and jewelry are gone, and now crooked political boss Dewey Robinson shows up to tell Blue he must either drop out of the race for reelection, or Robinson will tell the papers that Miss Kent had been married to Phillips, and that's why she shot him.
It's a nicely plotted movie, more a matter of watching Walthall and Blue figure out what actually happened, an early "howcatchem" mystery. Unfortunately, Blue is not a very good actor in the talkies, as quickly becomes evident in his scenes with Walthall. The direction by Wesley Ford is adequate, but it's a pity that the Poverty Row producer couldn't do better with George Morgan's interesting script.