The Beautiful and Damned

“Because desire just cheats you.”He is a socialite. She is a reveller. Young, haughty and selfish, they do not understand the idea of working.Anthony Patch, the prospective heir to his grandfather’s fortune, is stunned by the beauty of the graceful and narcissistic dancer, Gloria Gilbert. He desperately falls in love with her; and soon she becomes his wife. But as the passionate and glamorous couple await the inheritance, indulging in the luxurious and thrilling lifestyle of New York, they are chafed under financial pressures. What happens as their marriage begins to fail in the face of reality?