True Confession (1937)
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Genres - Comedy, Romance, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Screwball Comedy |
Release Date - Dec 24, 1937 (USA - Unknown), Dec 24, 1937 (USA) |
Run Time - 85 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Carole Lombard stars as Helen Bartlett, a compulsive liar who always tips the audience to an oncoming whopper by sticking her tongue in her cheek. Helen is married to a Kenneth Bartlett, a scrupulously honest lawyer whose integrity has always held him back professionally. Hoping to help Kenneth get ahead, Helen confesses to a murder she obviously didn't commit, confident that he'll get her off and make his reputation. But things don't go exactly as planned, thanks largely to a mysterious eccentric named Charley (John Barrymore), who assures the heroine over and over that she'll "fry." Once considered a prime example of screwball comedy, True Confession is now regarded by film buffs as one of Carole Lombard's worst pictures: it wasn't much better when remade by Betty Hutton in 1946 as Cross My Heart.
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compulsion, confession [criminal], lies, murder, client, husband, killing, truth