The Single Standard (1929)
Arden Stuart (Greta Garbo), a debutante from San Francisco, meets Packy Cannon (Nils Asther), a sailor-turned-artist, in an art gallery and falls in love with him. She goes on a yacht with him for an extended affair, but when he leaves her to go to Paris on business, she returns to San Francisco and becomes an outcast. However, Tommy Hewlett (John Mack Brown), who has always loved her, marries her and they have a child. Packy returns, and Arden is again drawn to him, causing her husband to consider suicide. Arden ultimately realizes that her husband and child are more important to her than a romantic fling, and she sends Packy out of her life forever.
Books with substantial mentioning of The Single Standard
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Michael Conway, Dion McGregor and Mark Ricci The Films of Greta Garbo Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973 |
Books with an entry on The Single Standard
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Robert B. Connelly The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936 Chicago, 1986 |
