The Little Giant (1933)
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help. bootlegger, prohibition era, gangster, bootlegging, mansion, class differences, millionaire, socialite, pre-code, real estate agent, swindle, business deal