Indiscreet

An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him--although he's already married. London-based actress Anna Kalman has been unable to find love in her life. The reason she came home early from a vacation to Majorca fits into that theme, as the man she met there and was initially attracted to ended up not being who she thought he was. Upon her arrival home, she meets suave Philip Adams, a financier who is a work acquaintance of her brother-in-law, diplomat Alfred Munson. Philip initially states that there is no Mrs. Adams in his life, but when Anna later asks him out, he clarifies that statement in that there is no Mrs. Adams in London, as she is at home in San Francisco. Still, Anna decides to ask him out to the ballet like she had planned. He accepts, letting her know that whatever happens between them, he will never be able to leave his wife. As time goes on, the two fall in love, but their happiness can only be sustained as long as Philip has his Paris-based contract with NATO. So when Philip announces that he is being transferred to New York for five months, Anna realizes that she truly cannot live without him and wants to marry him. Shortly thereafter, Anna learns something about Philip's background that not only threatens their relationship, but leads to a night that Anna wants to give him that he will never forget--and not in a good way. But the best-laid plans have a bumpy road to effective execution. —Huggo The wealthy and famous actress Anna Kalman surprisingly returns to her apartment in London from her vacation in Mallorca and her servants Doris Banks and Carl Banks are not expecting for her. Out of the blue, her sister Margaret Munson and her brother-in-law Alfred Munson arrive at her apartment to change clothes to go to a business dinner. They invite Anna to go with them, but when the orator Philip Adams arrives from Paris to the apartment also to change clothes, Anna decides to go with them. Anna is a forty and something year-old woman that give up finding a love to get married. When she learns that Philip is married but unable to divorce his wife, she dates him anyway and they end falling in love with each other. Philip accepts an invitation to work to NATO in Paris, but visits Anna every weekend. When he is invited to go to New York for about five months, Anna is sad and reluctant to accept. Soon Margaret tells that has recently found that Philip is a bachelor and uses the married excuse to not get married to his conquests. Now Anna plans a revenge to get even with Philip. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment as she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for. They begin a love-at-first-sight relationship, but she finds out that he has been keeping a secret from her. When she learns of his lie, she becomes furious and works out a plan for revenge. —Julie Sherman <jsherma@hubcap.clemson.edu>