The Crash

In this drama, set in 1929 when the stock market crashed, a selfish, money-grubbing wife ruins her accountant husband after she feeds him a fake stock market tip. She destroys her husband because she is bored with her lover and wants to start fresh in Bermuda., Ruth Chatterton in a tale of marital and business intrigue, before and after the 1929 stock-market debacle. Ronnie: Paul Cavanagh. Geoff: George Brent. Marcia: Lois Wilson. Celeste: Barbara Leonard. Fair: Henry Kolker. Hodge: Ivan Simpson. Arthur: Hardie Albright. Esther: Helen Vinson. Directed by William Dieterle.