Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.

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Although this is clearly a play adaptation, the script is a particularly fine one and the young Crawford’s performance is simply superb – this is pure actress rather than star personality. Robert Armstrong plays Joe, a good time racketeer, who takes on Mary Turner (Crawford) as a business associate, when she makes it clear she does not want to be his amour. Mary is smart – falsely sent to prison for a crime she didn’t commit, she studied law while in the clink, and is now seeking revenge by using the letter of the law to get away with petty larceny. With Mary at the helm, Joe and his entourage are sailing sweetly.

Part of Mary’s revenge is to seduce the son of the man who falsely accused her into marriage, which she does. But she falls for the guy at the same time- Douglass Montgomery in a strong performance that supports Crawford’s every step of the way. He only has six scenes but makes the most of them. Montgomery and Crawford are an appealing couple and one wonders why they didn’t make more films together.

This is one of the very best of the early talkies – don’t miss

Paid.1930.DVD.x264-mrthe.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 25mn
Size: 	2.18 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	718x480 ~> 718x538
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	3 374 Kbps
BPP: 	0.408
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps (Stereo)

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Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

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