Such Women Are Dangerous


Such Women Are Dangerous is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by James Flood and starring Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames, Rochelle Hudson and Mona Barrie. Based on the unpuiblished short story Odd Thursday by Vera Caspary, it was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.

Synopsis

Michael Shawn, a bestselling writer of novels aimed at the female market, is contemptuous of the women who read his works. His secretary Helen believes he should be working on more serious themes. When during a dictation they are interrupted by the opera singer Wanda Paris practising in a nearby property, Michael goes over to complain but the two strike up a spark and are soon lovers. His life is further complicated by the arrival of Vernie, an aspiring writer from Indiana who is infatuated with him. Rejected by him and suicidal, her body turns up some weeks later and Michael is now in the frame for her murder. Cleared of this, and having discovered that the man Wanda claimed was her manager is in fact her husband, Michael marries Helen and begins writing more serious books.

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