Romance

Aug 26 1930 Approved 1h 16m
Drama, Romance

A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

Plot

Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. Rita was an Opera Star singing in New York who was at a party given by Cornelius. Armstrong was a 28 year old rector. He fell for Rita when he saw her and after six weeks he wanted to marry her. Naive as he was, he thought that all of Rita's "relationships" were in the distant past, but Rita lives for the moment and knows that she can never marry Armstrong.

Written by

Edward Sheldon, Bess Meredyth, Edwin Justus Mayer

Directed by

Clarence Brown

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
1,086
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA