The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
Lucille Lingard and her friend Emmie bid farewell to their European friends on their last night in Paris. Lucille has fallen for the debonair Ronald Derbyshire and dreads returning to her mundane Midwestern hometown in Iowa and her stolid husband Charles. Back in America, Lucille plans to get a divorce and is delighted when Ronald show up. However, he and Charles unexpectedly become close friends, and Ronald admits that he does not find Lucille as attractive as he did in Paris. He leaves the next day and Lucille stays with her husband, won over once more to her family life.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred Niblo Jr.Writer
- Sonya LevienWriter
- Hamilton MacFaddenDirector
- S. N. BehrmanWriter
Cast
- Warner BaxterCharles Lingard
- Helen VinsonLucille Lingard
- Warner OlandHippolitus Lomi
- Catherine DoucetEmmie Sykes
- G.P. HuntleyRonald Derbyshire
- Eleanor LynnPeggy Sykes
- Jay WardWilbur
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipparis, france