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On an ocean voyage, a librarian falls for a married man. After librarian Lulu Smith is accused by her patrons of having Spring fever, she spends her life savings on a cruise to Havana, during which she begins a romance with Bob Grover, a lawyer with political ambitions. After their return, Lulu becomes a clerical assistant for a newspaper, where she is pursued by brash reporter Al Holland. One night, several months into their affair, Bob comes to Lulu's apartment for dinner, bringing two Halloween masks with which they have a marvelous time playing. Their merriment is interrupted by a call from Al, whose proposal to Lulu prompts Bob to confess that he has an invalid wife whom he cannot leave. Lulu protests that she wishes to continue their affair, but Bob refuses to let her waste her life on him. They squabble, and Lulu throws him out without telling him she is pregnant. Time passes and Bob becomes district attorney, while Al becomes city editor of the newspaper. After Bob hires a detective, Marty, to find Lulu, the couple are reunited and Lulu introduces Bob to his daughter Roberta. Later, Lulu and Roberta are waiting to meet Bob, when Al suddenly appears. He is questioning her about Roberta when Bob arrives, and, in order to protect Bob's reputation, Lulu tells Al that the baby is Bob's adopted daughter and that she is her governess. In order to preserve the charade, Bob does adopt Roberta, taking her home the next day to present to his wife Helen, who is returning from a European rest cure. Helen is delighted with the child but questions Lulu's ability to care for her. Lulu runs out of the house, and when Bob follows her, she tries to tell him she is through with him but cannot. Soon after, Lulu goes to Al for a job and becomes the "advice to the lovelorn" columnist for his paper. Al pumps her for information about Bob and Roberta in order to write a story causing Bob's downfall, but Lulu refuses to say anything. As the years pass, Lulu still works for the paper, and Al, now the managing editor, is still pursuing her. Bob has been both a mayor and a congressman, but on the night he wins the nomination for governor, he becomes disheartened, ashamed of the hypocrisy of his double life. Lulu tries to talk him out of confessing the truth and ruining his career, but when it seems that she cannot succeed, she asks Al to marry her, hoping that will make Bob forget about her. On the night of Bob's election, however, Al tells her that he knows all about her, Bob and Roberta, and Lulu kills him to prevent him from publishing the story. A year later, Bob is on his deathbed, and Lulu, whom he had pardoned after a short jail term, comes to visit him. He shows her his new will, which tells the truth and leaves her half of his estate, but after he dies, she tears it up to protect him and Roberta, who is engaged to a socially prominent young man.
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前半部看Menjou装嫩太难受了。芭芭拉的角色是两个极端，要么是奉献毕生一无所有的苦情母亲，要么是极端自私狠毒浪荡的恶女，本片苦情程度堪超Stella Dallas，绝对是pre-code典型。
好命苦的史丹妃，开头的普女翻身以为是史版《扬帆》，没想到又是比《慈母心》还悲苦的melodrama，为老渣男殚精竭虑奉献一生甚至不惜作奸犯科，实在是哀其不幸，怒其不争。25岁的史丹妃发挥出了远超其年龄的纯熟演技，结尾把遗嘱撕碎消失在人来人往的街道一幕，堪比《慈母心》结尾母亲在窗外含泪望见女儿幸福结婚。
好苦的女主为好渣的男主奉献了一生……
她付出了一切，却一无所有，太过凄美悲情。第一次看阿道夫·门吉欧这么正经的角色，和浪漫爱情的气质竟也不违和，这个时候的拉尔夫·贝拉米好丑。
DCP@ Filmmuseum。 +。对Adolphe Menjou的印象始终停留在光荣之路里滑头将军，老是出戏
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