In Name Only
A woman trying to live her own life-A man who wouldn't let her-A wife living without love, fighting them both with the bitter weapons of a desperate heart!
Directed by John Cromwell
Produced by RKO Radio Pictures
A romantic melodrama about a man trapped in a loveless marriage with a manipulative woman while yearning for a widow, exploring themes of social obligation, duplicity, and the cost of societal expectation.
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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