Directed by:
Sidney LanfieldCinematography:
Robert H. PlanckComposer:
Cyril J. MockridgeCast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Binnie Barnes, Mary Forbes, Albert Conti, Franklin Pangborn, Ben Welden, Dorris Bowdon (more)Plots(1)
Former doctor Jim Howard (Herbert Marshall) helps desperate Margot Weston (Barbara Stanwyck), pregnant and unmarried; when her son is born, Jim helps her place the baby with Phil Marshall (Ian Hunter) and his wife, on the condition that neither the Marshalls nor the child ever know Margot is his mother. Five years later, Margot is now a well-paid buyer for the store owned by Harriet Martin (Binnie Barnes); she meets Jim again, and a romance begins to blossom, but she's off to Paris on Harriet's behalf. There, Margot is wooed by the charming but carefree Count Giovanni Corini (Cesar Romero) and she happens to meet her son Roddy (Johnnie Russell), traveling with his aunt, as Mrs. Marshall has died. On the trip back to America, Margot and Roddy become very close, while Corini, on the same ship, continues to pursue Margot. At home, she becomes convinced that Jessica (Lynn Bari), Phil's new fiancee, doesn't love him, and will be a bad mother to Roddy, so she decides to break up the engagement, but Jim, beginning a career as a scientist, reminds her of her earlier promise not to interfere in the boy's life. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
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Ball of Fire (1941)
Herbert Marshall
UK
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Ian Hunter
South Africa
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Cesar Romero
USA
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Lynn Bari
USA
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Binnie Barnes
UK
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Mary Forbes
UK
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Albert Conti
Austria-Hungary
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Franklin Pangborn
USA
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Ben Welden
USA
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Dorris Bowdon
USA
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Robert Lowery
USA
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Forbes Murray
Canada
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Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
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Paul McVey
USA
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Charles Tannen
USA
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Alberto Morin
Puerto Rico
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Cyril Ring
USA
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Pat O'Malley
USA
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Charles Coleman
Australia
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