waitress,taxi driver,brooklyn, new york city,pre-code,street walker,vice cop

Virtue (1932)

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Yesterday a Lady with a Past — Today the Wife of the Man She Loved!

Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.

Cast & Crew

Director
Edward Buzzell
  • Profile picture of Carole Lombard
    Mae Carole Lombard
  • Profile picture of Pat O’Brien
    Jimmy Doyle Pat O’Brien
  • Profile picture of Ward Bond
    Frank Ward Bond
  • Profile picture of Shirley Grey
    Gert Hanlon Shirley Grey
  • Profile picture of Mayo Methot
    Lil Blair Mayo Methot
  • Profile picture of Jack La Rue
    Toots O'Neil Jack La Rue
  • Profile picture of Willard Robertson
    Detective MacKenzie Willard Robertson
  • Profile picture of Lew Kelly
    Magistrate Lew Kelly

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Keywords

  • waitress
  • taxi driver
  • brooklyn, new york city
  • pre-code
  • street walker
  • vice cop