Edgar Lustgarten starts this 'The Scales Of Justice' film short off by talking about welfare of the people, it then goes into the case. While on a break from work, 28 year old Shirley Fawcett takes a four week holiday on a cruise around the Mediterranean. On the ship she meets 52 year old Joe Ashton, after a while they appear to be more intimate, then they get engaged. Shirley visits Joe at both the garage and house that he owns, She asks Joe to sell what belongs to him and move to London and work abroad. He puts them both on the market and arranges at a local church for his marriage to Shirley. He then finds out that she's seeing her ex-fiancé so he takes her to court where he sues her for the breach of her promise to marry him. She loses the case. Then all of her friends go against her, even her ex-fiancé. This is a ground breaking case as it's about the first time a woman has been taken to court for breach of promise, as it was usually men in court over a business agreement. It has a lot of stock footage of the cruise ship and shots of different places visited by Joe and Shirley, It's okay to watch but this lets it down.
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A Woman's Privilege
Prismark1015 January 2021
Joe Ashton is a middle aged man who owns a small garage in the country.
While on a cruise, he meets and falls in love with attractive and much younger London girl Shirley Fawcett.
They decide to get engaged and start a new life abroad. He sells his garage only to find that Shirley has changed her mind. In fact she plans to marry her ex fiance.
Joe sues for breach of promise as he lost money on his garage for a quick sale.
Edgar Lustgarten narrates this tale but it is another essentially domestic situation that heads to court. Notwithstanding all the stock footage of the couple visiting various places.
I was surprised how Joe sold his garage and house so quickly. Conveyancing must really had been fast in the old days. He really did not have a clue that Shirley had turned on him.
While on a cruise, he meets and falls in love with attractive and much younger London girl Shirley Fawcett.
They decide to get engaged and start a new life abroad. He sells his garage only to find that Shirley has changed her mind. In fact she plans to marry her ex fiance.
Joe sues for breach of promise as he lost money on his garage for a quick sale.
Edgar Lustgarten narrates this tale but it is another essentially domestic situation that heads to court. Notwithstanding all the stock footage of the couple visiting various places.
I was surprised how Joe sold his garage and house so quickly. Conveyancing must really had been fast in the old days. He really did not have a clue that Shirley had turned on him.
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