Whirlpool (1935)

The happiness of a newly-married couple, Henry and Jeannie Saint Clair, is shattered when the husband is made a paralytic in an automobile accident. The wife still loves him, although he is incapable of any physical love. She is slowly drawn into a short-lived affair with a handsome athlete, Robert Vanier. When the husband learns of the affair, he commits suicide. But the wife cannot forget him and she sends her lover away.

Released March 14, 1935 75 min None+

Genres: Drama, Romance

Keywords: imdb.paralytic, imdb.impotence, imdb.guilty-conscience, imdb.athlete, imdb.suicide, imdb.happiness, imdb.accident + 19 more, imdb.unfaithfulness, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.triangle, imdb.seduction, imdb.remorse, imdb.paris-france, imdb.marriage, imdb.infidelity, imdb.france, imdb.controversy, imdb.cheating-wife, imdb.car-crash, imdb.extramarital-affair, imdb.car, imdb.adultery, imdb.1930s, imdb.cigarette-smoking, aspectratio.1-37-1