
Illicit
Married love or illicit. Which does the modern girl prefer?
DramaRomancehusband wife relationshipupper classmarriagecoercionpre-codemanipulative loverex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend relationshippremarital sexdaughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
A pre-Code romantic drama that interrogates modern attitudes toward marriage and love through the tension between a couple's unconventional cohabitation and social pressure to legitimize their bond.
Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.
Essence
Ensemble

Barbara Stanwyck
Anne Vincent

James Rennie
Richard 'Dick' Ives II

Ricardo Cortez
Price Baines

Natalie Moorhead
Marjorie 'Margie' True

Charles Butterworth
George 'Georgie' Evans

Joan Blondell
Helen 'Duckie' Childers

Claude Gillingwater
Richard Ives Sr.
Hazel Howell
Girl at the Bridal Shower #2 (uncredited)

Lucille Ward
Susan - Anne's Maid (uncredited)

Barbara Weeks
Girl at the Bridal Shower #1 (uncredited)
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