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In her second film, Broadway actress Ann Harding plays the vacationing wife of a judge who finds herself blackmailed by a notorious gigolo. Leaving her husband after a quarrel, Vera Kessler (Harding) dallies rather innocently with Arnold Hartman (Lawford Davidson). Hartman, however, engages in a bit of blackmail and when Vera confronts him, a scuffle breaks out. In the heat of the moment, Vera picks up a gun and the gigolo ends up dead. The butler is arrested for the crime, and although the poor man is acquitted in court, Vera's guilt drives her to leave her husband. But the good judge (Harry Bannister) overhears his wife confessing the truth to the rather confused factotum and forgives her. Her Private Affair proved a huge box-office success and boded well for Harding's future in Hollywood. Harry Bannister was "Mr. Harding" in private life at the time. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ann Harding
USA
Best movies:
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
John Loder
UK
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Woman Alone (1936)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Arthur Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
William Orlamond
Denmark
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Wind (1928)
Camille (1921)
Lawford Davidson
UK
Best movies:
Hell's Angels (1930)
Frank Reicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)