Synthetic Sin
If you had to be bad...could you make good?
1929 · 1h 12m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Overview
A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises her a role in his next production. Unfortunately the production is a disaster and her husband proclaims her unfit for the role. Rather then return home in defeat, she stays in New York and accidentally gets involved with some vicious gangsters.
Director and cast
- William A. Seiter Director
- Colleen Moore as Betty Fairfax
- Antonio Moreno as Donald Anthony
- Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Fairfax
- Kathryn McGuire as Margery, Betty's sister
- Gertrude Howard as Cassie / de: Mandy
- Gertrude Astor as Sheila Kelly
- Ray Turner as Sam
- Montagu Love as Brandy Mulane
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Frank
- Philip Sleeman as Tony
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