Bad Sister (1931 film)
The screenplay by Edwin H. Knopf, Tom Reed, and Raymond L. Schrock is based on the 1913 novel The Flirt by Booth Tarkington, which had been filmed in 1916 and 1922.[1][2] Set in the 1930s, Marianne Madison, bored with her routine life, falls for dashing con artist Valentine Corliss, who has come to her small town looking for fresh marks to swindle.Corliss soon charms her into faking her well-respected father's name on a letter of endorsement, which he presents to a small group of local merchants, who willingly give him money.Her younger brother hands her personal diary to Dr. Lindley when he visits the house to look after her father, who has collapsed after being berated by Marianne for not supporting Valentine without verifying him.All is not lost; after confessing to her father and the duped investors, Marianne accepts wealthy but portly Wade Trumbull's marriage proposal.