The Lady Refuses

The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American PreCode melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton. It stars Betty Compson as a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by a wealthy man to woo his neverdowell son away from the clutches of a golddigger Margaret Livingston. The plot is regarded as risqu enough to appear in at least one collection of PreCode Hollywood films.

A beautiful destitute young woman, June Betty Compson, on the verge of entering into the oldest of professions due to her desperation, is being pursued by the London police. Cornered, she pounds on Sir Geralds door. As she pours forth her unfortunate story to Sir Gerald, he makes a snap decision. As the bobbies arrive to take her away, Sir Gerald assures them that she has been with him the whole evening, securing her freedom. After they leave, Sir Gerald proposes to hire June to seduce his son, so that he will not fall into the clutches of Berthine.June does her job beautifully, as Russell leaves Berthine and begins to concentrate on his architectural career, much to his fathers delight. Theres a slight hitch however June has fallen in love with Sir Gerald, rather than Russell. Devastated, Russell calls Berthine to meet him at his apartment which is upstairs in the same building where June lives. Seeing all of her work being unwound in a single evening, June lures Russell down to her apartment, where she gets him so drunk that he passes out and spends the night. ........

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