Upperworld(1934)
When a wife falls down on the job can you blame a man if he takes Blonde Poison?
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
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