Back Street (1932)

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In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith (Margaret Sullavan) falls in love with banker Walter Saxel (Charles Boyer), who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later.

Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.

Director: Robert Stevenson
Producer(s): Frank Shaw
Cast: Nella Walker, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Charles Boyer, Samuel Hinds, Cecil Cunningham, Nell O'Day, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Esther Dale, Frank McHugh, Peggy Stewart, Kitty O'Neil, Marjorie Gateson, Dale Winter
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