Warren William and being a boss. Warren William and being a boss with an incorrigible appetite for women. That's his M. O.
In "Upperworld," Warren William played Alexander Stream, the owner of a railroad company. He was your standard tycoon who was bored with his marriage and found company in another woman. His wife Hettie (Mary Astor) never had time for him as she was always in one social engagement or another. She was very imperceptive and didn't pick up the signs that her husband desired her.
The side piece was Lilly Linda (Ginger Rogers), a burlesque dancer. Even though she legitimately liked Alex, there was another man in her life that wanted her to bilk Alex for a million dollars. The hustler was a man named Oscar (Andy Devine) and he was holding all the cards. Technically he was holding letters from Alex to Lilly.
It always baffles me how some rich people can be so smart as to amass a fortune yet be so stupid at the same time. I wanted to tell Alex, "Even IF you believed Lilly was on the level, why would you write her letters?"
But, such are the decisions of a man infatuated.
The rather passe movie had an uptick in drama when Oscar tried to shakedown Alex. Instead of giving in to Oscar's demands he punched him, which led to a shootout. Oscar shot at Alex, Lilly jumped in the way and took the bullet, then Alex grabbed a gun and shot Oscar.
All this only a couple of days before a big merger.
Alex went from possibly being involved in an infidelity scandal to being involved in a murder scandal.
Jumping to the end, because that's the next thing of significance: Alex was acquitted of murder.
Moral of the story: rich people may make stupid decisions at times, but they have enough money to cover up a lot of their mistakes. And somehow the ending was a happily ever after with Alex and Hettie sailing together on a second honeymoon.
I was surprised to see such an ending be depicted as a happily ever after. Sure, Alex won, but society lost. Another rich man acts impulsively, two lives are lost, and he gets to sail away with his wife whom he cheated on. Make it make sense.
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In "Upperworld," Warren William played Alexander Stream, the owner of a railroad company. He was your standard tycoon who was bored with his marriage and found company in another woman. His wife Hettie (Mary Astor) never had time for him as she was always in one social engagement or another. She was very imperceptive and didn't pick up the signs that her husband desired her.
The side piece was Lilly Linda (Ginger Rogers), a burlesque dancer. Even though she legitimately liked Alex, there was another man in her life that wanted her to bilk Alex for a million dollars. The hustler was a man named Oscar (Andy Devine) and he was holding all the cards. Technically he was holding letters from Alex to Lilly.
It always baffles me how some rich people can be so smart as to amass a fortune yet be so stupid at the same time. I wanted to tell Alex, "Even IF you believed Lilly was on the level, why would you write her letters?"
But, such are the decisions of a man infatuated.
The rather passe movie had an uptick in drama when Oscar tried to shakedown Alex. Instead of giving in to Oscar's demands he punched him, which led to a shootout. Oscar shot at Alex, Lilly jumped in the way and took the bullet, then Alex grabbed a gun and shot Oscar.
All this only a couple of days before a big merger.
Alex went from possibly being involved in an infidelity scandal to being involved in a murder scandal.
Jumping to the end, because that's the next thing of significance: Alex was acquitted of murder.
Moral of the story: rich people may make stupid decisions at times, but they have enough money to cover up a lot of their mistakes. And somehow the ending was a happily ever after with Alex and Hettie sailing together on a second honeymoon.
I was surprised to see such an ending be depicted as a happily ever after. Sure, Alex won, but society lost. Another rich man acts impulsively, two lives are lost, and he gets to sail away with his wife whom he cheated on. Make it make sense.
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