Republic pictures notoriously edited anything that they had made that was over an hour long down two reels so it could fit into an hour air time in TV for at least 10 minutes of commercials. I've seen a large percents of their films, and 7 out of 10 approximately exist in incompleteness. This well made Ramon Novarro romantic screwball comedy is one of those films apparently, the only print I could locate of it only 47 minutes.
The film deals with a French painter (Navarro) who discovers that the portrait he did strictly from his imagination looks like a beautiful socialite (Margaret Tallichet), daughter of the most unlikely millionaire, Andrew Tombes, who resembles Phil Silvers. Marian Marsh, second billed to Navarro, plays the sister, but newcomer Tallichet gets special credited billing. Eric Blore plays Navarro's overly protective valet. Hard to judge this with the print I saw, but it doesn't seem to have major plot points cut. Elegant and romantic, an art decco dream, from the biggest of the second tier major movie studios.
The film deals with a French painter (Navarro) who discovers that the portrait he did strictly from his imagination looks like a beautiful socialite (Margaret Tallichet), daughter of the most unlikely millionaire, Andrew Tombes, who resembles Phil Silvers. Marian Marsh, second billed to Navarro, plays the sister, but newcomer Tallichet gets special credited billing. Eric Blore plays Navarro's overly protective valet. Hard to judge this with the print I saw, but it doesn't seem to have major plot points cut. Elegant and romantic, an art decco dream, from the biggest of the second tier major movie studios.
