I'm not a romantic at heart-but this movies pulls the romance from every scene so beautifully that I found myself really feeling romantic while watching it!!! Boyer and Arthur are well cast as star crossed lovers. She has an abusive and controlling husband who'll do anything to keep her from getting a divorce,including setting up a fake tryst with the chauffeur to keep her from getting it. This starts the interesting plot that sweeps you right along as we find Arthur being rescued from the nefarious plot by the handsome and romantic Boyer. In the process of rescuing her he puts himself in a position where he and Arthur's character can be thwarted in their attempts to be together. Arthurs' characters' husband uses the rescue which involves Boyer's character hitting the chauffeur to commit a heinous act whereby he can bribe Irene his wife (Arthur) into staying with him and cause Paul (Boyer) to be put in a situation where he's in danger of being charged with a horrible crime he didn't commit. Don't want to give too much away but suffice it to say that the two lovers manage to get together in America after running away from Paris where Paul lives. But Paul wants to confront his this unjust accusation set up by Irene's husband (effectively played by Colin Clive) so they set off to return to Paris. They board a ship that hits an iceberg as it races back to Paris (Clive maneuvers this too). This leads to one of the most thrilling scenes in the movie, where we find a Titanic like sinking that is well translated to the screen. This movie has humor, romance, suspense and beautiful people (Boyer and Arthur) What more could a romantic at heart want???
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