St Martins Lane (1938), com Vivien Leigh e Charles Laughton, filme completo e legendado
Charles Staggers is a London street performer, or busker, with his partners, Arthur Smith and Gentry. He protects Liberty, known as Libby, a runaway and pickpocket, when she steals a gold cigarette case from successful song writer Harley Prentiss. He takes her into their troupe, making their trio into a quartet. Libby attracts the attention of Prentiss and his wealthy friends, who can give her a life and career away from the streets. When she leaves, cruelly rejecting Charles s marriage proposal, he doesn t want to go on with the act anymore, and becomes an alcoholic. Libby s career, however, is a big success; she is offered a Hollywood contract. She asks Prentiss to marry her but he declines, saying he doesn t want to be thrown away, like Charles, as a mere stepping stone for her career.
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