The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A beautiful but naive model who came from the slums falls for the leader of a dance band. When the bandleader's estranged wife is murdered, he is arrested and convicted. The model believes that the real murderer is a gangster who was keeping the wife as his mistress.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul SchofieldWriter
- D.W. GriffithDirector
- Edwin BalmerWriter
Cast
- Carol DempsterJoan Daisy Royle
- W.C. FieldsProfessor Royle
- James KirkwoodCalvin Clarke
- Harrison FordFred Ketlar
- Paul EvertonGeorge Baretta
- Kathleen ChambersAdele Ketlar
- George RegasBaretta's Henchman
- Florence AuerBaretta's Girl
- Ida WatermanMrs. Clarke
- Alice LaidleyClarke's Fiancee
- Dorothy LoveLola Nelson
- Dore DavidsonElman