Strange Interlude

The plot centers on Nina Leeds the daughter of a classics professor at a college in New England who is devastated when her adored fiancé is killed in World War I before they have a chance to consummate their passion. Ignoring the unconditional love of the novelist Charles Marsden Nina embarks on a series of sordid affairs before determining to marry an amiable fool Sam Evans. While Nina is pregnant with Sams child she learns a horrifying secret known only to Sams mother: insanity runs in the Evans family and could be inherited by any child of Sams. Realizing that a child is essential to her own and to Sams happiness Nina decides on a ‘scientific’ solution.