Indiscreet

(Leo McCarey, US 1932, 73 min., 35mm)

National Endowment for the Arts. Gloria Swanson stars in this effervescent pre-Code comedy from legendary Hollywood director Leo McCarey. A fashion designer finds herself caught in a farcical web of lies as she endeavors to keep her sister apart from a former flame. Though better remembered today for her work in silent melodramas, Swanson was a charming comedienne.