Drama · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 2m

The Road to Ruin

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Director
Dorothy DavenportMelville Shyer
Cast
Helen Foster as Ann Dixon Nell O'Day as Eve Monroe Glen Boles as Tommy Robert Quirk as Ed Paul Page as Ralph Bennett Richard Hemingway as Brad
Crew
James Diamond — Director of Photography S. Roy Luby — Editor Dorothy Davenport — Writer Willis Kent — Writer Willis Kent — Producer
Tagline

An innocent girl! A life destroyed!

Synopsis

A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.

Mood & Themes
remakeunderage drinkingpre-codeunderage sexwild partywoman directorunplanned pregnancystrip pokerillegal abortiondeflorationmoral corruptionexploitation film
Key Collaborators
Dorothy Davenport Director Melville Shyer Director James Diamond Director of Photography S. Roy Luby Editor Dorothy Davenport Writer Willis Kent Writer Willis Kent Producer
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