You Belong to Me (1934)

When vaudeville performer Florette Faxon is left penniless with her sixyearold son Jimmy she relies on the friendship of fellow performer Bud Hannigan to help her get a job Bud is reluctant to become her partner as he has proven to himself to be unreliable in relationships but he tells her to call him whenever she needs help While working in a beer garden Florette meets Hap Stanley an avaricious performer who marries her to get the rights to perform her show routine Hap dislikes Jimmy and eventually convinces Florette to send him away to school Both Jimmy and Florette are brokenup over being apart but Jimmy pretends it is what he wants so Florette can be happy with Hap