19 Apr 1932
The Arm of the Law
A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
The Beauty Shoppers
Peggy Raymond, a country girl, comes to New York with plans for a career in art and is taken by mistake to a Fifth Avenue address where she meets Dick Merwin, the scion of a wealthy family, whom she mistakes for her cousin. Later, in Brooklyn, she finds that her relatives have moved, and Mabel Hines takes her in and gets her a job. By necessity, Peg is forced to demonstrate fat-reducing rollers in a shop window, where she is unfavorably viewed by Mrs. Schuyler and her husband. She is admired by Sam Billings, a wealthy old bachelor, and becomes involved with Maddox, who affects an interest in her paintings. But through a series of reversals and complications, Peg is made to realize that Dick is the worthier man.
Top Billed Cast
Mae Busch Mabel Hines
Doris Hill Peggy Raymond
Ward Crane Sloane Maddox
James A. Marcus Sam Billings
Cissy Fitzgerald Mrs. Schuyler
Leo White Achille
Dale Fuller Olga
William A. Carroll Mr. Schuyler
Thomas Haines Dick Merwin
Lucio Flamma Artist
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