The Story of Temple Drake

Full-on Southern horror, even in this sanitized version of William Faulkner's novel Sanctuary, Temple (Miriam Hopkins) after her first night with the bootleggers, when Trigger (Jack La Rue) sneaks up on her hillbilly guardian Tommy (James Eagles), in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933.

Bootlegger Goodwin (Irving Pichel) considers assaulting car-wreck refugee Temple (Miriam Hopkins) until his wife (Florence Eldridge) steps in, then her drunken date (William Collier Jr.) tries to protect her from another thug, Trigger (Jack La Rue) lurking, in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933.

Temple (Miriam Hopkins) at the dance, first with grand-dad (Guy Standing) and spurned suitor Stephen (William Gargan), then Bob (Grady Sutton), then Toddy (William Collier Jr.) who brought her, explaining herself, in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933, from the William Faulkner novel.