Walk of Fame Movies: Jewel Robbery and Helen Vinson

Some clues that this is a pre-Code film:

• The first scene is two scantily clad women talking about cheating on their husbands.
• Two men are openly pursuing one of the married women.
• One of the men is a charming jewel thief, and the woman is into it big time.
• The thief casually hands out weed, and it gets smoked.
• All law enforcement is either inept or corrupt

…and of course the thief gets away.

This was Helen Vinson’s first movie role. She acted for a dozen or so years before retiring. Her star is at 1560 Vine Street.

Today’s poster is based on a very similar film about police corruption.