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Lilly Turner (First National), played by Ruth Chatterton, is a small town girl whose first marriage turns out disastrously when she learns that her husband, a loud-mouthed magician, is a bigamist. A bibulous sideshow barker (Frank McHugh) marries her to save her from the disgrace of having an illegitimate child and Lilly Turner spends the rest of the picture gloomily giving him money to buy whiskey. They leave their carnival and join a medicine show in which the strong man becomes so inflamed by the sight of Miss Chatterton's legs in silk tights that he goes...
Though the prosecution adduced evidence that Dr. Gorgulov was a bigamist and had squandered the $1,600 dowry of his small, red-faced, fourth wife, she testified stanchly in his behalf last week. "He has always," she explained sobbing, "been so good to me! A few days before this -this-happened he took me to a movie. There was a newsreel in it of President Doumer and my husband applauded. I just can't imagine why he killed...
...married at Boulder City, Nev. Mrs. Minnie (''Ma") Kennedy, estranged mother of newlywed Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, for the second time. Their first marriage was annulled several months ago when "Ma" Kennedy Hudson discovered the existence of Margaret Newton-Hudson. "What-a-Man!" said "Ma" of her bigamist husband to reporters last July when three other women claimed him as their own. "My boy is mine," she said. "Of course I didn't marry a man that no other woman wanted. My boy has 'it' and I have...
...Oakland, Calif., Norman Arthur Lee Flood, convicted bigamist, told police he had married & divorced 29 women in 23 years. Said he: "And sweethearts? I figure I've had about 400 sweethearts. Ever since I was 17 years old I've had a way with the women. I soon learned if you treated a woman as you would a square-shooting man, the woman will fall for you every time...
...serious and over-articulate effort that is made tolerable only by the skill of an excellent cast. Its climax consists in Conrad Nagel's discovery that since his wife did not go through with the divorce she promised for a certain date, he has become a bigamist in marrying his sweetheart, Genevieve Tobin. Best shot-Miss Tobin explaining how she was knocked down by the taxi...