Age of Indiscretion

Age of Indiscretion

A ballad of blasted love-a child-and Reno!

NR 1935 · 78 min · ★ 4.9 · Romance, Drama

A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's fortunes improve dramatically, however, when a best-selling romance novelist decides to publish her new book with his firm. In the meantime, his ex-wife has married the millionaire, and she and her new mother-in-law come up with a plan to sue her ex-husband for custody of the boy.

Directed by Edward Ludwig · Written by Leon Gordon

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