She ditched the fiancé AND the family money—1920s girlboss cinema hits different.
Disillusioned by the transience of wealth when her father's bank balance can no longer support his family's posh lifestyle, and when her fiancé Clay Wimborn admits that he has gone into debt to shower her with presents, Daphne Kip determines to become financially independent.
Acting
Ethel Clayton's expressive face carries entire emotional arcs.
Production
Gilded Age sets that scream 'we're pretending to be rich.'
Director
Robert G. Vignola
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