They Call It Sin (1932)

Traveling salesman David Manners sweeps church organist Loretta Young off her feet when he visits her small town. After her adoptive parents chase her away with accusations of being the wrong type of woman, she follows Manners to New York where she discovers he is already engaged. George Brent completes the love triangle while Una Merkel fills in as the sassy best friend who shows her the ropes in the big city. The shoestring plot, which includes a hokey last-minute exonerating medical procedure, is all held up with Young’s acting. She manages to convey the whole range of emotions as a small town girl dealing with the highs and lows of young love and navigating the alien, big city filled with villains willing to take advantage of every angle.