| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Nancy Carroll |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Edmund Goulding
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
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Headstrong Nancy Carroll uses men for money and power. She hatches a plan to marry country bumpkin Phillips Holmes, then blackmail his wealthy father. They move to his sprawling farm in the country where his family fights over her, leading to an accident. Carroll is paid off and returns to the city, but begins to have second thoughts. Holmes is naive, and the plot in general is overly sentimental, but Carroll has energy and persona to burn, it's no surprise she was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the early 1930's, though largely forgotten today.
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