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On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Bob, but also wants to marry Lulu.

6.5

85 min

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

as Lulu Smith

Adolphe Menjou

as Robert Grover

Ralph Bellamy

as Al Holland

Dorothy Peterson

as Helen Grover

Thomas Jefferson

as Wilkinson

Myrna Fresholt

as Roberta - Baby

Charlotte Henry

as Roberta - Age 18

Oliver Eckhardt

as Briggs

Director

Frank Capra