Hugh Williams is a poor artist in Paris. His landlord, Franklyn Dyall, threatens to write his father that he is wasting his time and allowance in Paris having a good time. When Dyall is murdered, suspicion falls on Williams, encouraged by Austin Trevor, who wants Williams' girl Heather Angell. Williams' dithery father, played by Horace Hodges, turns up to solve the murder and implicates Williams even further.
Although this movie is slagged in David Quinlan's British SOUND FILMS, it is a very happy little comedy-drama. The set design of the night club and apartments above it look good; Sydney Blythe runs the camera with some nice movement, and it is certainly a pleasure to see Williams, Angell and Binnie Barnes right at the beginnings of their screen careers. Hodges turns out to be wonderful, but I suspect that is because the role was probably originally played by the co-author of the play this is based upon, Miles Malleson.
I also suspect that Mr. Quinlan did not see this movie, or perhaps viewed it as not being influenced by the Russian Academicians and therefore inherently wrong. A lot of early British sound films have been turning up recently and many of them have been a pleasure to watch. That's good enough for me.
Although this movie is slagged in David Quinlan's British SOUND FILMS, it is a very happy little comedy-drama. The set design of the night club and apartments above it look good; Sydney Blythe runs the camera with some nice movement, and it is certainly a pleasure to see Williams, Angell and Binnie Barnes right at the beginnings of their screen careers. Hodges turns out to be wonderful, but I suspect that is because the role was probably originally played by the co-author of the play this is based upon, Miles Malleson.
I also suspect that Mr. Quinlan did not see this movie, or perhaps viewed it as not being influenced by the Russian Academicians and therefore inherently wrong. A lot of early British sound films have been turning up recently and many of them have been a pleasure to watch. That's good enough for me.