Overview
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
Director and cast
- John M. Stahl Director
- Margaret Sullavan as Mary Lane
- John Boles as James Stanton "Jim" Emerson
- Edna May Oliver as Leona
- Billie Burke as Julia Warren
- Benita Hume as Phyllis Emerson
- Reginald Denny as Bob
- George Meeker as Dave Reynolds
- Jimmy Butler as Jim Jr.
- Noel Francis as Letitia
- Geneva Mitchell as Patty
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