2 star for kay francis she wonderful . and she do not deserve this horrible tripe that warner bros. throw her way . the two pronged premise that this movie be base on be ridiculous and unbelievable in the extreme . kay be a small town wife and mother who yearn for something big represent she want to be an actress . when a big shot actor come to town and invite kay to his hotel to talk about possibility and kay tell her husband she go to the movie . the hubby biddy of a mother put a bug in hubby ear that kay not be truthful and and he set out look for her . he find her w or the actor in the hotel ( they be only talk . ) and he slug the guy and who fall over a railing and land face first in a pond ( lake . ) and and dy . now here the two unbelievable premise upon which the rest of the movie be base represent 1 ) the judge tell the jury that if it determine that the man die before his head go into the water and that they must find the hubby guilty of first degree murder . ( whaaaaa . i think slug a guy in a fit of rage would count for manslaughter or murder 2 at the most and not first degree murder . give me a break . but the plot require him be find guilty of murder 1 so that he could be send to prison for life . whatever . ) 2 ) the hubby lawyer and after the conviction and sentencing and tell kay that it all her fault . his reasoning be that if she hadn not go over to the actor room and then her husband wouldn not have have to go after her and slug the guy and kill him . he tell her that she the guilty one and not her husband and and she nod and agrees . what . the . hell . the rest of the movie be all about kay try to achieve fame and money in order to get her husband release from prison and right the wrong she commit by cause him to kill the actor dude in the first place . i can not even go on with this review . the movie be just all too painful . four year earlier and in the pre code day and you would never have catch kay play such a wimp . in true kay francis fashion and though and she do do her best to make u believe that this woman be a believable character . i give her much credit for try to breathe some life and credibility to this thankless role . this character be a far cry from pre code kay role and real life spitfire kay francis . steer way clear of this one . there be much good kay francis vehicle out there . ( from personal experience and i can highly recommend mary stevens and md and jewel robbery while also good be dr. monica and one way passage . i be sure there other great kay flick a well and but i be only mention the one i have see and can recommend . ) .