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Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from plain to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair.
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Jun 13, 2022 · via TMDB
Quite an enjoyable, if forgettable, far fetched yarn about a successful lawyer "Gaylord Stanton" (Kenneth MacKenna) who, fed up with constant harassment from his female clients, asks his secretary "Sylvia" (Constance Brenner) if she would marry him. Sceptical, at first, then quickly realising that it could completely transfer her drab existence, she accepts. This marriage of convenience is exactly that, and she duly sets off on a trip to Paris where she encounters an old acquaintance "Reggie Durant" (Basil Rathbone). He takes a shine to her and she does likewise with him so they return home so she can seek a divorce. Meantime MacKenna has got himself into a similar stew with Rita la Roy (real name Ina May Stewart in case you think that name might not have been made up!) and, of course, things don't quite go according to plan for anyone. It's quite witty in parts and the story is quite clever. Much of the delivery, however, is a bit flat and it's all a bit too overly-staged for me, but worth a watch - if only to see Rathbone (at almost 40 years of age) looking like a gent half that age.
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Constance Bennett
Sylvia Brenner Stanton
Kenneth MacKenna
Gaylord Stanton
Basil Rathbone
Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
Rita La Roy
Grace Lawrence
Louis John Bartels
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John Roche
Sheridan
Zasu Pitts
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Kendall Lee
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Judith Wood
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Richard Carle
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Gino Corrado
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Carl M. Leviness
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William H. O'Brien
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Gertrude Short
Bobbie (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
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Ship’s Passenger (uncredited)
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