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An early -- and surprisingly forgotten -- entry in the field of the feminist cinema, Strictly Business was written and co-directed by former Hollywood leading lady Jacqueline Logan (she played Mary Magdalene in DeMille's King of Kings). A very young Molly Lamont stars as a London pushcart girl, forced to sell her wares in the streets by her layabout father. Lamont proves her loyalty to her dad by saving him from a blackmailer, but in the process her reputation as a "nice girl" is placed in doubt. Disowned by her father, Lamont is saved from disgrace by her fiance, even though she seems (and is) perfectly capable of taking care of herself. Alas, Strictly Business was a box-office flop, though this can't be blamed on the incisive direction of Jacqueline Logan and Mary Field.