James Dunn
Denny Reagan
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Synopsis
Raised to help her mother deceive men, Ziggy Brennan struggles to imagine a life beyond small-time schemes. Marriage briefly offers a new beginning, but war leaves her alone with a child and few reliable models of care. The drama follows her effort to separate inherited habits from the responsibilities of becoming a parent.
Cast
DirectorsAlfred Santell
Inspirations
Doris Anderson's screenplay was based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Its treatment of upbringing, social judgment and motherhood places a woman's opportunities and mistakes at the centre of a postwar melodrama.
Behind the scenes
Mona Freeman received the lead after a broad search for an actress who could move beyond juvenile roles. The production also substituted a Pasadena house for a San Francisco location when the filmmakers could not find the setting they wanted there.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- James Dunn — eBay front back · Public domain
- Mona Freeman — film screenshot · Public domain
- William Marshall — Film screenshot (Republic Pictures) · Public domain
- June Duprez — Film screenshot (20th Century Fox) · Public domain
