young innocent from chicago travel down south to stay with her wealthy cousin and a society shark with an alcoholic husband who be plan on bust up the engagement between her former lover and a terrified girl who also live in the mansion . though base on a novel and queen bee look and sound like a stage play ( sub tennessee williams ) and with arch overact by everyone and only a smidgen of really memorable line . joan crawford wear some fancy gown and but this isn not an attractive role for her . the character interaction be drowsy and sluggish and and the plot turn be occasionally confound and outdated or hoary . there an interesting plot thread involve a cruel nanny who give crawford queen a run for her money and but she inexplicably vanishes . the film be draw room bitchery and yet with only minimal camp appeal while still and it hardly enjoyable even on that level since nobody here appear to be have any fun . from .