Finally, a society romance movie with some Umph! Too many of these society love trysts end with the right two people being together and the third wheel properly bowing out. I thought this was going to be about your typical society playboy stepping out on his wife or fiance and having the well-kept mistress on the side who is fine being a mistress so long as she was loved OR well taken care of (ala Irene Dunne in "Back Street Girl" and so many others). That's not what happened.
Gay Holloway (Helen Twelvetrees) was a beautiful young mannequin for a clothing store. While she was modeling clothes for Julia Thorndyke (Adrienne Ames) she caught the eye of Julia's fiance, Kirk Underwood, Jr. (Bruce Cabot). Kirk began making moves on Gay right away. She verbally rejected his advances, yet found herself on date after date with him. This was typical of on-screen women at that time. Their mouths would say "no" while their bodies said "yes."
If you're rolling your eyes in disgust, I'm with you. If you're rolling your eyes because you think I'm exaggerating, then you're delusional.
Gay and Kirk's romance was shaping up to go one of two predictable ways:
1.) She'd forever be his mistress.
2.) He'd leave Julia and marry her.
Kirk told Gay he wanted to marry her as soon as he got Julia out of the way. He bought her a home where they surreptitiously played house daily. Kirk had to keep it secret from Julia, and Gay had to keep it secret from her father Captain Pat Holloway (William Harrigan).
Instead of Kirk telling Julia that their wedding was off, he told her he wanted to get married posthaste. When Gay found out, the exciting happened. She didn't take it like a society girl would have: properly and with little fanfare. She tried to kill Kirk.
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
I'm not a fan of murder, but I'm a fan of passion, real hurt, and real anger. Most of all I'm a fan of variety. Mix it up. I'm tired of society folks who handle being cheated on so properly and tame. Give me some real drama.
It only got more dramatic when Gay's father was sent to the home to remove a woman Kirk couldn't handle. Unbeknownst to him he was going to remove his own daughter.
"Disgraced" gets kudos for being different. Sure, it was only the last twenty-five minutes that were the most exciting, but at least there was some excitement.
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Gay Holloway (Helen Twelvetrees) was a beautiful young mannequin for a clothing store. While she was modeling clothes for Julia Thorndyke (Adrienne Ames) she caught the eye of Julia's fiance, Kirk Underwood, Jr. (Bruce Cabot). Kirk began making moves on Gay right away. She verbally rejected his advances, yet found herself on date after date with him. This was typical of on-screen women at that time. Their mouths would say "no" while their bodies said "yes."
If you're rolling your eyes in disgust, I'm with you. If you're rolling your eyes because you think I'm exaggerating, then you're delusional.
Gay and Kirk's romance was shaping up to go one of two predictable ways:
1.) She'd forever be his mistress.
2.) He'd leave Julia and marry her.
Kirk told Gay he wanted to marry her as soon as he got Julia out of the way. He bought her a home where they surreptitiously played house daily. Kirk had to keep it secret from Julia, and Gay had to keep it secret from her father Captain Pat Holloway (William Harrigan).
Instead of Kirk telling Julia that their wedding was off, he told her he wanted to get married posthaste. When Gay found out, the exciting happened. She didn't take it like a society girl would have: properly and with little fanfare. She tried to kill Kirk.
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
I'm not a fan of murder, but I'm a fan of passion, real hurt, and real anger. Most of all I'm a fan of variety. Mix it up. I'm tired of society folks who handle being cheated on so properly and tame. Give me some real drama.
It only got more dramatic when Gay's father was sent to the home to remove a woman Kirk couldn't handle. Unbeknownst to him he was going to remove his own daughter.
"Disgraced" gets kudos for being different. Sure, it was only the last twenty-five minutes that were the most exciting, but at least there was some excitement.
Free on Odnoklassniki.