Now I'll Tell (1934) DVD-R

Starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Robert Gleckler,
Henry O'Neill, Shirley Temple
Directed by Edwin J. Burke

Print: black/white
Runtime: 72 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Though the names have been changed to protect the guilty, this romantic
crime drama offers a relatively factual account of the life of Arnold
Rothstein, an infamous bookie and is based upon a story by his widow.
The story tells how he gambled his way to the top of his profession.
Though he originally promised his wife that he would stop gambling once
he made $200,000, he became addicted and decided he had to make
$300,000 more before he could be happy. Soon his greed leads him to
crooked gambling. Things get worse when he openly carries on an affair
with a singer. The bookies dirty dealings get him into trouble and his wife
is kidnapped while he is out of town. While rushing back to save her, he
has a car accident and his lover is killed. By the time she is rescued, the
wife has decided enough is enough and takes off to get a European
divorce. The greedy gambler finds himself utterly lost without his two
lovers and so after selling his wife's jewels takes out a large insurance
policy upon himself. On an interesting footnote: Inez Norton, Rothstein's
real-life widow, has a bit part in the film, as does then-ingenue Susan
Fleming, AKA Mrs. Harpo Marx.