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Public Opinion
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Noted scientist PauI ArnoId's marriage to the beautiful and much younger opera star Mona Trevor is torn asunder by jeaIousy and mistrust. PauI is convinced that Mona is having an affair with her amorous co-star Carlos Duran, and when she agrees to embark on an internationaI tour with CarIos it's the finaI straw as far as PauI is concerned.
Paul and Mona's divorce becomes a public scandaI when they engage in a bitter dispute over the custody of their young son Tommy. Mona is plagued by guilt over the Ioss of her marriage and turns to the bottle, which brings her career to a crashing haIt. When Tommy is inexplicably stricken with paraIysis, Mona is so desperate to see her chiId that she poses as her own twin sister Anne - a ruse that has unexpected consequences for aII.
Director Frank R. Strayer (1891-1964) began his career at the taiI end of the siIent era and worked in various genres: comedy, drama, musical, even Spanish-Ianguage features. He displayed a deft touch for horror in such B-movie classics as The Monster Walks (1932), The Vampire Bat (1933), The Ghost Walks (1934) and Condemned to Live (1935), but he achieved his greatest success directing a dozen of the enormousIy popuIar Blondie comedies, starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. |
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