Handsome young Willi (Ramon Novarro) is in the Austrian National Guard. He spends money recklessly and sleeps around (implied) with any girl he can get. One night he meets sweet virginal Laura (Helen Chandler). Naturally she hates him but he ends up seducing her and sleeping with her. He leaves her money the next morning which leads to all kinds of complications...none of it interesting.
It's depressing to see Novarro in crap like this. At the point in time when this was made his career was fading and MGM just stuck him in anything. He's seriously miscast here. His acting is good and he's incredibly charming...but his Spanish accent keeps slipping through which seems strange in Austria! Chandler is dreadful in her role. She's very pretty but manages to overact AND underact at the same time...quite a feat. The story wanders all over the place and ends up not adding up to much. Still it is worth seeing for Novarro only and it is over quickly at 76 minutes. All in all though this is a big disappointment.
It's depressing to see Novarro in crap like this. At the point in time when this was made his career was fading and MGM just stuck him in anything. He's seriously miscast here. His acting is good and he's incredibly charming...but his Spanish accent keeps slipping through which seems strange in Austria! Chandler is dreadful in her role. She's very pretty but manages to overact AND underact at the same time...quite a feat. The story wanders all over the place and ends up not adding up to much. Still it is worth seeing for Novarro only and it is over quickly at 76 minutes. All in all though this is a big disappointment.