Songwriter Terry Trindale (Robert Taylor) has gambling debts. He's desperately in love with wealthy socialite Consuelo Croyden (Norma Shearer), but she rejects him. She does have a job for him. She has his gambling debts and hires him to be her cardboard lover. She can't trust herself from reuniting with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Tony Barling (George Sanders).
It's another adaptation of a 1928 play. This film is dated even when it was first released. It's a light-weight romantic comedy. Norma Shearer is playing the flighty socialite dialed all the way up to eleven. Trindale should not be in love with her right from the beginning. He should grow to love over time. That would be more compelling.
It's another adaptation of a 1928 play. This film is dated even when it was first released. It's a light-weight romantic comedy. Norma Shearer is playing the flighty socialite dialed all the way up to eleven. Trindale should not be in love with her right from the beginning. He should grow to love over time. That would be more compelling.