The Single Sin

1931 film

The Single Sin is a 1931 American Pre-code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell and Paul Hurst. It was produced and released by the independent company Tiffany Pictures.^[1]

Plot

Struggling actress Kate Adams gets mixed up in a bootlegging racket, but is sent to jail for several months. Reforming herself she gets a job as the secretary of millionaire Roger Van Dorn, who eventually marries her. Her newfound respectability is threatened when her former partner in crime Frank Bowman is released from prison and gets a job as Van Dorn's chauffeur. He proceeds to blackmail Kate by threatening to reveal their former association.

Cast

• Kay Johnson as Kate Adams
• Bert Lytell as Joe Strickland
• Paul Hurst as Slug
• Matthew Betz as Frank Bowman
• Holmes Herbert as Roger Van Dorn
• Geneva Mitchell as Marian
• Sandra Ravel as French maid
• Charles McNaughton as Butler
• Lillian Elliott as Cook
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective

Preservation status

• A print is held at the Library of Congress.^[2]

References

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Single Sin
2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress(<-book title) p.166 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

External links

• The Single Sin at IMDb
• synopsis at AllMovie