Rare Stanwyck Film Finally on DVD
The DVD is one of those special order made by demand DVDs but at least it isn't a bootleg. FOr years, that's all that was available for this rare Stanwyck film made in 1938. The transfer quality is excellent!! The film would probably qualify as a 20th Century Fox programmer for the period. Stanwyck is stunningly photographed and wears a gorgeous wardrobe. She is her usual sincere self although the script isn't much of a challenge for her. She plays a woman whose fiancee is killed on his way to marry her. She is pregnant with his child and she has to give the child up for adoption with the help of Herbert Marshall in an insipid role. Years later, she becomes a successful fashion buyer and in Paris happens upon a little boy and develops a sweet attachment for him before finding out that he is her child.
I won't reveal anymore of the plot for the sake of spoiler activity. However, Stanwyck makes the film worthwhile and will disappoint none of her admirers. This film...
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