The Shopworn Angel (1928)
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.
Top billed cast
Nancy CarrollDaisy Heath
Gary CooperWilliam Tyler
Paul LukasBailey
Roscoe KarnsDance Director
Emmett KingThe Chaplain
Mildred WashingtonDaisy's Maid
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