Red Dust girls The political and social context

The political and social context of the period provides the background to the power shifts that continually take place between them over twenty-four hours

What happens when a lost love returns

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and 18th-century England

Red Dust girls The political and social contextFrom the first moment wisecracking Vantine (Harlow) takes refuge on the plantation run by Carson (Gable), he sizes her up as an easy mark for his virile charm. But when a research engineer (Gene Raymond) and his elegant wife, Barbara (Mary Astor), appear on the scene, Carson falls hard for the beautiful Barbara, discarding Vantine as nothing more than a "cute little trick." The steamy rivalry between the women soon boils into a jealous rage with