The Laughing Woman

Released
1931
1h 20min
0 votes
Drama

Synopsis

Helena Leeová is at a spa with her daughter Marcelka. One day a lifeguard saves her from drowning. The rescued woman comes to in the lifeguard's arms. This incident is used by the newspapers to promote a society scandal. They print a report that the lifeguard was seen with Helena in her bedroom. Helena's husband, the banker Filip Lee, is a candidate for bank president. The scandal threatens his career and thus Lee at once demands a divorce. His legal representative, Jan Farrland, not only wins the divorce suit but also manages to have Helena's daughter taken from her custody. One day Farrland meets Helena at a society party and he comes to understand that he has wronged her, and he falls in love with her.

Détails techniques

Titre original

Žena, která se směje

Langue originale

CS

Langues parlées

Czech

Production

Compagnies de production

Paramount Pictures

Pays de production

United States of America

Mots-clés

based on play or musicallost film