Daybreak

Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt. An Austrian general advises his nephew, a young guardsman whose spending habits are out of line, to marry a wealthy woman so he won’t have to commit suicide as required by a strict military code for those who can’t pay their debts. Not heeding his uncle’s advice, he falls for a young schoolteacher who becomes the girlfriend of a notorious gambler and the path to get her back may cost him his life. 1931/b&w/76 min/NR/fullscreen.