Larry (Douglas Fairbanks) follows Viv (Bebe Daniels) to Southampton on a cruise ship. He takes his valet Roger (Edward Everett Horton) with him and Larry tries to win Viv's heart despite the fact that she is engaged to Sir Horace (Claud Allister).......things work out in the end.
The film is a bore. It is only saved by the musical number - an upbeat jivey tune - that is sung by Bing Crosby, Bebe Daniels and June MacCloy as "Kitty" (check out her peculiar voice!) and has the cast dancing along. It is the ONLY good part of the film. That and the sets are the reason I have given the film a mark of 5. There are some great sets, eg, the office desk panels that open up into seats and pretty much every interior that you see! The script is dull and it's not particularly funny despite Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks provides some unintentional humour with his pointless leaping about. It's endless! And he has a terrible, shouty voice which makes him a pretty irritating man. Combine that with his endless inane grinning and you have to submit and start laughing at him. Hatred turns to mockery.
It's all quite poignant, though as his character seems not to be able to cope with being mocked. He is continually asking Bebe Daniles "are you laughing at me?" and the audience is continually yelling back "Yes!" Without the music and sets, this film is a piece of junk.
The film is a bore. It is only saved by the musical number - an upbeat jivey tune - that is sung by Bing Crosby, Bebe Daniels and June MacCloy as "Kitty" (check out her peculiar voice!) and has the cast dancing along. It is the ONLY good part of the film. That and the sets are the reason I have given the film a mark of 5. There are some great sets, eg, the office desk panels that open up into seats and pretty much every interior that you see! The script is dull and it's not particularly funny despite Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks provides some unintentional humour with his pointless leaping about. It's endless! And he has a terrible, shouty voice which makes him a pretty irritating man. Combine that with his endless inane grinning and you have to submit and start laughing at him. Hatred turns to mockery.
It's all quite poignant, though as his character seems not to be able to cope with being mocked. He is continually asking Bebe Daniles "are you laughing at me?" and the audience is continually yelling back "Yes!" Without the music and sets, this film is a piece of junk.