The Cheat (1931)

Directors

George Abbott

Cast

Tallulah Bankhead

The story

Elsa Carlyle, in contrast to her charming personality and loving relationship with her indulgent husband, Jeffrey, is a compulsive gambler and spendthrift who is overly concerned with social standing and appearances. Jeffrey tries to convince Elsa to avoid spending while he makes investments in an effort to provide them with enough wealth to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, but she had impulsively placed a large bet and immediately is $10,000 in debt. Later, after helping raise money for a charitable cause, she steals this money and invests it in a stock scheme, and promptly loses it as well when the stock tanks.

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