A Good Woman

Seduction. Sex. Scandal. She's the talk of the town.

Set in 1930, the film opens in New York City, where femme fatale Mrs. Erlynne finds she no longer is welcomed by either the high-ranking men she seduced or the society wives she betrayed. Selling her jewelry, she buys passage on a liner bound for Amalfi, Italy, where she apparently sets her sights on newly wed Robert Windemere. When his car frequently is seen parked outside her villa, local gossips become convinced the two are involved in an affair.

Robert's demure wife Meg remains oblivious to the stories about the two circulating throughout the town, but when she discovers her husband's check register contains numerous stubs indicating payments made to Mrs. Erlynne, she suspects the worst. What she doesn't know is that the woman actually is her mother, who has been extorting payments from Robert in return for keeping her secret.

In retaliation for what she believes is her husband's transgression, Meg wears a shockingly revealing gown to her twenty-first birthday celebration, attended by Mrs. Erlynne - wearing the same dress - in the company of Lord Augustus, a wealthy, twice-divorced man who has proposed marriage to the American woman.