Sins of Paris

Madeleine Lebeau a woman who charges for her easy virtue has a plan that has some of her customers paying more than others she tells them she is pregnant and to avoid complications the men pay her money and dont hang around for the birth Yves Furet a shiftless gambler who not only encourages her in her business ventures but is also her fiancée shares the fruit of her nonlabor She latches onto a wealthy widower Henri Vilbert who throws her a curveball when after she tells him she is pregnant he is overjoyed as he has fallen in love with her and is looking forward to becoming a father She plays along for a while but becomes ashamed when she sees how Vilbert is devoting his whole life to a child that she isnt carrying She fakes a miscarriage and his kindness makes her feel guilty and she confesses but he doesnt believe her So she tries another plan