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...Bill Trent was a rent-collector in downtown Manhattan. Like most of his colleagues he eked out his salary by "shaking down'' tenants whose line of business was not strictly legal. His craving for women, liquor, gambling made money his obsession. Hard up, he shook down a pimp of his acquaintance once too often, found himself the unwilling accessory at a murder. He lost his job, tried desperately to chisel in on some steady racket. Rent-collecting among small shopkeepers had given him valuable information about when and where they kept their money. Soon...
Next day Mrs. Ronald Copeland from Stoke-on-Trent tried again, this time with Sir John Simon...
...Myself (by Adelyn Bushnell; Malcom L. Pearson & Donald E. Baruch, pro-ducers). Bill Trent, an unsuccessful New England lawyer, hires a hobo to kill him, thus sending his soul into the Invisible. In the After Life, Bill meets his old A. E. F. top sergeant, who accompanies him back to watch his own funeral. Bill is properly impressed with the obsequies, but it soon becomes evident that his death is not the boon to his family he had hoped. His $50,000 insurance does not prevent Mrs. Trent's being suspected of murder, does not help his daughter...
...Sally Trent) Claudette ColbertMimi Benton) Tony Cummings Ricardo Cortez Michael Gardner David Manners...
Miss Colbert performs admirably, and emulates her role of the suffering Sally Trent as a torch singer under the assumed name of Mimi Benton, with a soothing croon which is good enough for any night club. Her wispy overtones are accompanied by the sweet harmony of Abe Lyman's band, and her "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love," has more direct bearing on the plot than theme songs in most movies we have seen recently...