The Shining Hour

“NOW Joan's a Dancing Bride in a New Heart Drama!”

The Linden family farm sits among wealthy, settled acres, run by Henry Linden (Melvyn Douglas) with his sharp-eyed sister Hannah (Fay Bainter). Olivia Riley (Joan Crawford), a nightclub dancer, marries into it, and her arrival upsets the household. Frank Borzage keeps the camera close on the faces of Crawford and Margaret Sullavan as the family's polite surfaces start to show strain.