At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.
Acting
Marion Davies proving she was more than Hearst's puppet.
Production
Glorious WWI France sets built on the MGM backlot.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Marion Davies's first talkie, and critics who dismissed her as a silent-ditzy blonde were forced to eat their words—she carries the film.
The 'doughboy' romance reflects 1920s America's fascination with its own WWI mythology—nostalgia for a war that had ended only eleven years prior.
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