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Chained (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) ends with a scene on an Argentine cattle ranch where Mike Bradley (Clark Gable), Yale 1926, is living with his divorcee bride, Diane (Joan Crawford). Diane opens a letter from the husband (Otto Kruger) she has just deserted and says to Mike: "Richard has gone to Maine for the summer." Mike Bradley's reply is intended to reveal him as a young man of generous and perceptive sentiments. "That's great," he says. "We'll send him some fancy beef for a barbecue...
...Woodruffs are already there when the Crawfords come up?Jack Crawford, successful commercial artist; Susannah, his silent, handsome, able wife and their daughter Judith, turning 17, a modern, vivacious youngster. Prissy, gossipy Mrs. Nettleton and her sister Miss Kitty are looking forward to the summer, as is Fred Bratton who works for Mr. Leverett, owner of "The Poplars," and whose wife is expecting her twelfth. There is the old sculptor, Stirling, always welcome. It looks like a good summer among friends. Nor would Rita Woodruff's affair with the Polish boy who sings weird songs, or the youthful infatuation...
...story starts slowly. The reader is more than halfway through before he realizes he is entangled in a plot. Fernanda Milbank gushes with the women while attracting an admiring group of their men. Casting about recklessly, she gets a strike from Jack Crawford, reduces him to her terms. The two plan an elopement. Jack postpones the fateful day, leaves for the city on business...
Marty, the Polish boy, is discharged by Mrs. Milbank and gets into trouble. Rita Woodruff drives him out of town, concealed under a blanket. Susannah Crawford, Jack's wife, shoots her wounded dog with a pearl-handled revolver. Bill Woodruff, long ago in love with Fernanda, loves Susannah, at least as an old friend...
Fernanda is discovered by Woodruff lying on her bed, shot through the temple. A pearl-handled revolver is on the floor. Her diamonds are missing. The verdict is suicide. But it is some time later before Woodruff, convinced that Susannah Crawford has killed Fernanda to protect her husband, her home and herself, learns the truth about the suicide...