John Boles

…interested in her husband (John Boles) than in maintaining the gleam of her showcase domicile. Modern feminist viewers have interpreted the film as an indictment of a society that limits women solely to domestic roles.

…the world of publishing, with John Boles as a clerk who leaves his wife and children for an editor he hopes might publish his writings; Bette Davis appeared as one of the daughters. Next was Strictly Dishonorable (1931), an adaptation of the Preston Sturges stage comedy, with Paul Lukas and…