Scarlet Street

You're in banking, as a humble clerk cashier, when walking home an unfair damsel (Kitty) does appear, she's in distress, so you help out, knock perceived assailant out, you walk her home, and on your sleeve, a heart appears. It's not too long before you're doing what she says, rent her a place, where you can meet up on some days, your wife causes you constraint, you move your easel and your paint, though you're not fond of one, who Kitty does liaise.

Two impassioned lovers, from rather different perspectives, follow their hearts and not their heads, with rather disastrous consequences. Both Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett are outstanding.