SIMONS IMAX Theatre 1 Central Wharf Boston MA 02110
Session 9 - Sunday April 13, 2025
6:45pm - 8:00pm. 
A Mother's Promise (13min)
It's the Roaring Twenties. Vivian Gordon takes the stage at a raucous Manhattan speakeasy and sings a sexy, playful rendition of "Who's Sorry Now." Vivian has escaped an abusive husband and created a new life for her and her 8-year-old daughter, Benita. Their happy existence, however, is destroyed when Vivian falls prey to an insidious extortion conspiracy among crooked cops, lawyers and judges that pervades New York's Women's Court. Vivian is falsely arrested and convicted on prostitution charges and wrongfully imprisoned in a "reformatory" for two years, with only her haunting memories of the injustices that brought her there and the desperate longing for her daughter. When she is finally released, she can't get a legitimate job, so Vivian turns the tables. She starts an escort service through which she blackmails her male clients and raises money for her fight to regain custody of Benita. Despite numerous attempts, her appeals are denied. Then, when Governor Roosevelt appoints a crime commission to investigate the court system, Vivian is determined to testify, believing that setting the record straight is her best chance of reuniting with her daughter. On the eve of her testimony, she retakes the speakeasy stage and belts out a bitter, vengeful performance of the opening song that ends abruptly and leaves open the question - who is sorry now? Inspired by a true story.