The Scar Of Shame - 1929 - 6/10
Drama, bordering on melodrama, studies the class system.
Sharing the boarding house, Alvin is a promising composer. Eddie is a hustler and runs a club.
Enter the alluring Louise, beaten and almost molested by her father.
Alvin wants to protect her, Eddie sees a chance to dress her fine and make money.
The first half of this Silent pokes along, with Alvin coming across as a fussy prig.
After a major turn of events, however, the second half is seedier and sexier.
Class, whether our set, our kind, or caste, tis ever the privileged barring the lower orders.