The Road to Ruin (1934)
With Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Mae Busch, Dorothy Davenport, Glen Boles, Paul Page, Virginia True Boardman, Richard Tucker
Directed by Dorothy Davenport, Melville Shyer
The Road to Ruin is a 1934 pre-Code exploitation film directed by Dorothy Davenport, under the name "Mrs. Wallace Reid", and Melville Shyer, and written by Davenport with the uncredited contribution of the film's producer, Willis Kent. The film, now in the public domain, portrays a young woman whose life is ruined by sex and drugs.
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