Red Headed Woman

RedHeaded Woman is a 1932 American PreCode romantic comedy film, produced by MetroGoldwynMayer, based on a novel of the same name by Katherine Brush, and with a screenplay by Anita Loos. It was directed by Jack Conway, and stars Jean Harlow as a woman who uses sex to advance her social position. During the course of the film, Harlow breaks up a marriage, has multiple affairs and premarital sex, and attempts to kill a man.

However, Lil finds herself shunned by high society, including Bills father, Will Legendre Sr. Lewis Stone, because of her lower class origins and homewrecking. When Charles B. Gaerste Henry Stephenson, a nationally known coal tycoon and the main customer of the Legendres company, visits the city, Lil thinks she has found a way to force her way into the highest social circles. She seduces him, then blackmails him into throwing a party at her mansion, knowing that no one would dare offend him by not showing up. It seems like a social coup for Lil, until her hairdresser friend and confidante Sally Una Merkel points out that all the guests have left early to attend a surprise party for Irene who lives across the street.Humiliated, she decides to move to New York City, even if it means a temporary separation from her husband. Will finds Lils handkerchief at Gaerstes place and correctly guesses what Lil has done. He shows his evidence to his son, who hires detectives to watch Lil. They find that she is conducting not one, but two affairs, with Charles and his handsome French chauffeur Albert Charles Boyer. Bill shows Charles damning photographs. ........

Source: Wikipedia