irene dunne star a a factory town woman who want a good life ( like barbara stanwyck in stella dallas and katharine hepburn in alice adam and joan crawford in possess ) . she in love with factory worker charles bickford . they marry and she run a boarding house to make extra money . one of the boarder be a shy immigrant ( eric linden ) who have discover a great new dye . dunne talk bickford into throw in their saving and open a dye work . they become rich . but bickford travel a lot and fall into the clutch of a bad woman ( gwili andre ) who want more than money represent marriage . the court room finale be a doozy with j. carroll naish play a sleazy ( italian in this case ) lawyer who have cook up a scheme to get his girl friend ( andre ) marry to bickford . so they line up a bunch of false witness against dunne . but dunne turn the table when they try to grab custody of the baby as well . excellent plot twist . dunne be one of the great and and she terrific here too . she even believable a a factory town girl . bickford be an acquired taste and i never like him a a lead man . linden be good be his usual soft role . and naish be always fun to hate . leila bennett and hilda vaughn and and christian rub co star . no other woman be famous a the film that derail danish gwili andre career because her character be so nasty . she battle for another decade to regain a foothold in film but only land small part . she commit suicide in 1959 by surround herself with publicity photo and press clipping and set them and herself on fire .