The Woman in Red (1935)

Storyline:

The Woman in Red 1935 Shelby Barrett Barbara Stanwyck rides show horses for wealthy widow Nicko Nicholas Genevieve Tobinand meets Johnny Wyatt Gene Raymond, scion of a once wealthy Long Island Family, but who now goes about the country riding polo ponies for Nicko Despite the efforts of Nicko and wealthy Gene Fairchild John Eldredge, who is in love with Shelby, Johnny and Shelby are married Shelby is treated frigidly by her snobby but broke in laws, who frown even more when she and Johnny start handling the horses for wealthy neighbors on money Shelby had borrowed from Fairchild without telling her proud but broke husband Matters arent helped any when Nicko shows up and starts a gossip circuit directed against Shelby When Johnny is away, Fairchild asks Shelby to help him entertain a wealthy client aboard his yacht She tries to contact Johnny and fails but accepts the invitation The customer shows up drunk with a likewise female companion, who manages to fall overboard and drown but Fairchild is held for murder He intends to keep Shelbys name out of the case even though it looks bad for him But, at the last minute, Shelby turns up in court as the missing woman in red witness and and saves Fairchild The question is will Johnny understand and forgive her, although she has done nothing to be forgiven for