The Toy Wife (1938)
Released: 10 Jun 1938
Runtime: 96 min
Rated: APPROVED
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writer(s): Zoe Akins (screen play)
Actors: Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Barbara O'Neil
IMDB Ratings: 5.8
Plot: 'The toy wife' or how to spoil your own life and the lives of others by being fickle and frivolous. This is the story of Gilberte, a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl who charms, attracts and seduces all the men she meets. Back in Louisiana after a stay in France, she will steal her fiancé from her loving and beloved sister Louise. Once married with George, she will prove a poor mother for little Georgie, a poor manager of the plantation and an unfaithful wife. She indeed starts an affair with André, the dashing young man she actually loves. Tragedy will ensue.
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