The Constant Woman

Conrad Nagel buys a tent for his troupe of actors, but wife Claire Windsor has signed a contract with a bigger show. When he and their son Tommy Conlon go to visit her at her hotel, she's dead. Nagel discovers a letter proving Conlon isn't his son, so he goes on a toot. Everyone walks out but Leila Hyams, Stanley Fields, and the other riggers. They rescue Nagel, who closes the show. Acting on Miss Hyams' idea, she and Nagel get a job broadcasting, while Conlon goes to military school. They do great, but Conlon discovers they are to be wed, and runs away to join the circus with Fields.

And there's more! It's based on a Eugene O'Neill one-act play from 1913, which means that there's lots of invented detail, far too much for this Poverty Row feature, even though it's directed by Victor Schertzinger. Miss Hyams is pretty good, as is Fields, but Nagel is pretty much a wet rag here, and Conlon is sulky. Still, the constant barrage of twists in the plot keeps things moving along, and it all ends with a big fire at a circus.

Well, I told you there was more.