A millionaire chases youth across continents, but his wallet can't buy what he left at home.
Wealthy, aging millionaire John Hunter Yates (Frank Morgan) seeks to recapture his youth by pursuing a young actress, Blossom Bailey (Elissa Landi), leading him from America to Europe, where he finances her and a musician lover, only to realize his mistakes and return to his neglected wife, Elinor, understanding their true connection.
Acting
Frank Morgan's pathetic millionaire before he became Oz's wizard.
Costume
1930s transatlantic glamour worth every studio penny.
Director
David Burton
Elissa Landi
Blossom Bailey
Frank Morgan
John Hunter Yates
Joseph Schildkraut
Zukowski
Doris Lloyd
Elinor Yates
Clara Blandick
Miss Gower
Shirley Grey
Gilda Gordon
Samuel S. Hinds
Winters
Henry Kolker
Jones
Arthur Stuart Hull
Smith
C. Montague Shaw
Brown
Howard Hickman
Dutton
Robert Graves
Wiggins
Selmer Jackson
Mullen
James Burke
Conroy
Betty May
Telephone Operator
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of many 1934 films hastily wrapped before strict Code enforcement, preserving pre-Code moral ambiguity.
Considered lost for decades; only fragments confirmed to survive in private collections.
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