Release Date: 1936-11-12
Overview: The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Irene Dunne
as Theodora Lynn
Melvyn Douglas
as Michael Grant
Thomas Mitchell
as Jed Waterbury
Thurston Hall
as Arthur Stevenson
Elisabeth Risdon
as Aunt Mary
Morris Stoloff - Music Director
Richard Boleslawski - Director
Sidney Buchman - Screenplay
Mary McCarthy - Story
Jerome Pycha Jr. - Art Direction
Irene Dunne takes top billing here, but as usual it's Melvyn Douglas who steals the show - this time alongside an on form Thomas Mitchell. It's the latter man, "Jed", who is the editor of the local ne...