A man (George O'Brien) contemplates killing his wife (Janet Gaynor) in order to please his mistress (Margaret Livingston) but ends up remembering why he got married in the first place.
I'm pretty sure this is also a Tyler Perry movie but it's public domain so more power to him.
Jokes aside, this felt timeless. Murnau really couldn't be beat as one of the greatest filmmakers of the Golden Age and I'm a little sad he seems to have fallen out of favor when they do retrospectives. Obviously he's best known for sci-fi and horror but this is a pretty decent rom-com. It was up for four Oscars in the very first ceremony and won three of them, including Best Picture. It's available for free on Tubi and I encourage you to check it out.
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