Virtue (1932)

  • NR
  • 10/24/1932 (US)
  • Drama, Crime, Romance
  • 1h 8m

Yesterday a Lady with a Past — Today the Wife of the Man She Loved!

Overview

Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.

Edward Buzzell

Director

Robert Riskin

Screenplay

Ethel Hill

Story

Cast

Carole Lombard's headshot

Carole Lombard

Mae
Pat O’Brien's headshot

Pat O’Brien

Jimmy Doyle
Ward Bond's headshot

Ward Bond

Frank
Shirley Grey's headshot

Shirley Grey

Gert Hanlon
Mayo Methot's headshot

Mayo Methot

Lil Blair
Jack La Rue's headshot

Jack La Rue

Toots O'Neil
Willard Robertson's headshot

Willard Robertson

Detective MacKenzie
Lew Kelly's headshot

Lew Kelly

Magistrate

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