Romance BW

"I've been born all over again, Handsome. She believed it. Her face was completely different."
"Joan Crawford. 1932. TCM: the softer makeup in this scene shows what a real beauty Crawford was."

#1932

"Young woman, have you no respect for the Lord's day? Sadie counted on her fingers. Right you are. It's Sunday."
"Joan Crawford. Walter Huston. 1932. The first collision. Everything that followed came from this one moment."

#1932

"It had rained since the opening title card. The rain stopped the moment Sadie walked out the door."
"Rain. 1932. Public domain. The most haunting final image in pre-Code Hollywood."