Object: Alimony (1928)
TENSE DRAMA. Strips the mask from secret vices and lays bare the follies of the swift living fast set! YOU'LL LIKE IT!
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Ruth Butler, a clerk in an emporium, marries Jimmy Rutledge and thereby greatly displeases his mother, the owner of the emporium, because of Ruth's lowly origins. Renaud Graham, one of Mrs. Rutledge's friends, becomes interested in Ruth, forces his way into her apartment, and attempts to make violent love to her. Jimmy walks in on their embrace and, suspecting the worst, leaves Ruth. In the family way, Ruth finds refuge in a boardinghouse where she meets Al Bryant, an aspiring writer. Ruth tells Al her life story, and he makes it into a bestselling novel and then into a play. Jimmy sees the play and comes to his senses, winning Ruth's forgiveness.
- Release date
- December 22, 1928
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lois Wilson as Ruth Rutledge
- Hugh Allan as Jimmy Rutledge
- Ethel Grey Terry as Mrs. Carrie Rutledge
- Douglas Gilmore as Renaud Graham
- Roscoe Karns as Al Bryant
- Carmelita Geraghty as Mabel
- Dickie Moore as Jimmy Rutledge Jr.
- Jane Keckley as Boarding-House Owner
- Thomas A. Curran as Philip Stone
Crew
- Scott R. Dunlap · Director
- Elmer Harris · Writer
- Sig Herzig · Writer
- Peter Milne · Writer
- Jack Cohn · Producer
- Joseph Walker · Cinematographer
- Ben Pivar · Editor