Directed by:
Josef von SternbergScreenplay:
Samuel HoffensteinCinematography:
Lee GarmesCast:
Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Claire McDowell, Arline Judge, Claire Dodd, Charles Middleton, Arnold Korff, Matty Roubert (more)Plots(1)
Clyde (Phillips Holmes), a poor garment worker with a past he wishes to forget, has a shot at the good life when he meets heiress Sondra (Frances Dee). But when his clandestine girlfriend Roberta (Sylvia Sidney) announces she is pregnant, Clyde considers drastic actions in order to preserve his dream of affluence. (Powerhouse Films)
Cast
![Phillips Holmes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058848_d0e497.jpg)
Phillips Holmes
USA
Best movies:
The Criminal Code (1931)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
![Sylvia Sidney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271482_bf839c.jpg)
Sylvia Sidney
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
City Streets (1931)
Dead End (1937)
![Frances Dee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/118/162118782_d40fcc.jpg)
Frances Dee
USA
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Come and Get It (1936)
Little Women (1933)
![Irving Pichel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496863_b98864.jpg)
Irving Pichel
USA
Best movies:
Jezebel (1938)
Juarez (1939)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
![Claire McDowell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762265_a9a416.jpg)
Claire McDowell
USA
Best movies:
The Viking (1928)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![Arline Judge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434736_9cda2d.jpg)
Arline Judge
USA
Best movies:
An American Tragedy (1931)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
![Claire Dodd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162560_d637a8.jpg)
Claire Dodd
USA
Best movies:
The Black Cat (1941)
Ex-Lady (1933)
Roberta (1935)
![Charles Middleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471372_569e9d.jpg)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Arnold Korff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/254/161254717_b62082.jpg)
Arnold Korff
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Black Moon (1934)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
An American Tragedy (1931)
![Matty Roubert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/089/160089809_161e3a.jpg)
Matty Roubert
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Texas (1941)
![Harry Semels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/093/160093444_4272a2.jpg)
Harry Semels
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Russ Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/411/160411815_6c86c4.jpg)
Russ Powell
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
![Nella Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448150_3ff4ff.jpg)
Nella Walker
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
![George Irving](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/816/160816533_8ec123.jpg)
George Irving
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
![Emmett Corrigan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/090/161090814_234c60.jpg)
Emmett Corrigan
Netherlands
Best movies:
Me and My Gal (1932)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
An American Tragedy (1931)
![Richard Cramer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505385_b88034.jpg)
Richard Cramer
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Dodge City (1939)
![Ed Brady](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478466_1e24b1.jpg)
Ed Brady
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
City Girl (1930)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Guy Oliver
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Last Command (1928)
Male and Female (1919)
Franklin Parker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
James Durkin
Canada
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Fighting Caravans (1931)