Over the River

The institution of marriage, that gives to a man all the rights over a woman, is a theme once again visited by Galsworthy. Clare Charwell has just fled her sadistic husband to England. Along the way she met the charming Tony Croom, but when she refuses to return to her husband he falsely accuses her of adultery in a highly public court trial, and still the woman has no other choice but to plead guilty in conjugal infidelity. The dirt of divorce, to which any self-respecting woman must hide, yet Clare prefers to rebel openly against her husband, find a job and settle herself in life. This is a new woman; vibrant, lively and active.