

However, Plaice rejects Sturdevant's proposal, saying she has a movie offer and marriage proposal from Len Hayworth. Sturdevant says he plans to marry Plaice, and has secured a radio contract for her that will allow her to continue her acting career while living with him in New York.

Pilson thinks Plaice is a social inferior and only after money. Pilson is upset about his affair with actress Trenna Plaice. Sim Sturdevant visits his aunt Melissa Pilson. Based on a story by novelist Arthur Somers Roche, the film was released on February 15, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sturdevant's aunt ( Constance Collier) investigates and identifies the real killer. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as Sim Sturdevant, whose fiance Trenna Plaice ( Virginia Bruce) is suspected in the murder of movie producer Len Hayworth ( Bradley Page). Shadow of Doubt is a 1935 American mystery film directed by George B.
