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13/12/1929 Drama 2h 9m
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She Denied Him Her Love, So He Took It! She Stole His Name, Tricked Him, Humbled Him and - in the end - Worshipped Him!

Overview

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.

  1. Cecil B. DeMille

    Director

  2. Jeanie Macpherson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Conrad Nagel

    Roger Towne

  2. Kay Johnson

    Cynthia Crothers

  3. Charles Bickford

    Hagon Derk

  4. Julia Faye

    Marcia Towne

  5. Joel McCrea

    Marco

  6. Muriel McCormac

    Katie Derk

  7. Robert Edeson

    Wise Fool

  8. William Holden

    Wise Fool

  9. Henry Stockbridge

    Wise Fool

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-03-04
Money is certainly at the root of the evil for this love triangle as “Cynthia” (Kay Johnson) fancies the pants off the married “Roger” (Conrad Nagel) but he is married to her friend “Marcia” (Julia Faye). It turns out that she’d much rather have the cash than the man, though, and with “Cynthia” facing an interesting marital challenge if she is to keep her inherited fortune, agrees to swap her husband for $200,000! Thing is, she can’t get the cash in time so has to engage in a pro tem arrangement with death row candidate “Derk” (Charles Bickford) who is promised some fun...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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