Ralph Forbes announces to his very aristocratic family -- Frederick Kerr is the head of it -- that he intends to marry showgirl Ruth Chatterton. They're horrified, except for Basil Rathbone, who's carrying on an affair with a married woman in Paris. To forestall the nuptials, it's suggested she stay with them for six months. She corrupts everyone, turning Kerr into a cocktail drinker, and falls in love with Rathbone, and he with her.
It's from one of those plays by Frederick Lonsdale that MGM was so fond of making in the 1920s and 1930s, and except for whatever shock value it had (and no longer retains) it's a dull piece, performed stiffly by an uneasy cast of actors who don't seem to know where to put their hands. Still, cameramen Oliver Marsh and Arthur Miller seem to have gained the upper hand over the sound system and move the camera about to maintain composition. A rare misfire from director Sidney Franklin.
It's from one of those plays by Frederick Lonsdale that MGM was so fond of making in the 1920s and 1930s, and except for whatever shock value it had (and no longer retains) it's a dull piece, performed stiffly by an uneasy cast of actors who don't seem to know where to put their hands. Still, cameramen Oliver Marsh and Arthur Miller seem to have gained the upper hand over the sound system and move the camera about to maintain composition. A rare misfire from director Sidney Franklin.