Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a penny. He then meets an American heiress & marries her but finds she has been disinherited as well. They find even more trouble in the shape of the American's cousin.
Direction
Powell's kinetic energy before he became 'Powell and Pressburger.'
Production
Glamorous poverty — gorgeous sets for a film about being broke.
Acting
Ian Hunter's bone-idle aristocrat is infuriatingly watchable.
Director
Michael Powell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Michael Powell's first credited solo directing job after years as second unit and editor, and you can feel him itching to break loose from quota quickies.
The 'penniless aristocrat' trope peaked in 1930s British cinema as audiences savored watching the upper class squirm through economic collapse — schadenfreude with tea.
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