Our Betters (1933)

"Marriage Is So Dull and Middleclass!"

Cast

Constance Bennett, Violet Kemble Cooper, Phoebe Foster, Grant Mitchell, Charles Starrett

Overview

Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.