When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
Acting
Adolphe Menjou's oily charm; Pola Negri's cabaret magnetism.
Writing
Andrew L. Stone's rat-a-tat dialogue barely pauses for breath.
Production
That surreal animated acid-trip sequence nobody warns you about.
Director
Andrew L. Stone
Adolphe Menjou
Hector Phyffe
Martha Scott
Janie Prescott
Pola Negri
Genya Smetana
Dennis O'Keefe
Sonny Phyffe
Billie Burke
Mrs. Prescott
Walter Kingsford
Senator Simpson
June Havoc
Leslie Quayle
Georges Metaxa
Spinelli
Eddie Marr
Croupier
Paul Porcasi
Impressario
Bert Roach
Fat Man
Chick Chandler
Chauffeur
Lorraine Miller
Friend
Richard Hageman
Boughton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pola Negri was a silent-film megastar who'd famously fainted at Rudolph Valentino's funeral; this was her attempted Hollywood comeback.
The 'air-raid warden' tagline references real civilian defense roles women took during WWII, slyly acknowledging female labor while mocking it.
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