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and starring Evalyn Knapp,

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and Marie Prevost.Pitts, p. 91

Plot

Drunk upper-class Jimmy Martin saves complete stranger Mary Smith from being sent to jail by backing up her story that she was waiting for a man who was going to marry her when she was arrested at a street corner. The suspicious judge offers to unite them on the spot, but Jimmy takes him up on it. When he sobers up, he falls in love with her, despite already having a fiancée. When his mother finds out, she threatens to have his income cut off (he will not gain control of his fortune for two years). This causes a misunderstanding. Jimmy comes to believe that Mary was interested only in his money when Mary offers to let him out of the marriage, whereas she has really fallen in love with him and merely has his best interests at heart.

Cast

* Evalyn Knapp as Mary Smith *

as Jimmy Martin * Marie Prevost as Nellie Gordon *

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as Jack Haines * Dorothy Christy as Marjorie Reynolds * Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Martin * Phillips Smalley as Mr. Martin * Herbert Evans as Hodges * Robert Ellis as Brandon * Lloyd Ingraham as Judge * Mary Foy as Landlady * Al Bridge as Tenant * Bobby Burns as Minister * Allan Cavan as Banker * Jack Pennick as Sailor

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 romantic comedy films 1930s English-language films American romantic comedy films Films directed by Richard Thorpe American black-and-white films Chesterfield Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-romantic-comedy-film-stub