Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheever. This sours Lally on all men. While on vacation with her mother she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealing her heart. Then Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Cheever, the woman who is to marry her father.
Acting
Norma Shearer's face does three acts of drama in one close-up.
Costume
Resort wear that screams 'I have a trust fund and issues.'
Cinematography
Early sound film lighting that still knows how to glow.
Director
E. Mason Hopper
Norma Shearer
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Robert Montgomery
John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Lewis Stone
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Belle Bennett
Harriet Marlett
Helene Millard
Beth Cheever
Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Caroline
Henry Hebert
Uncle Nate
Mary Doran
Suzanne
June Nash
Mildred
Bess Flowers
Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak pre-code Hollywood: divorce, infidelity, and implied sex all before the Production Code clamped down in 1934.
Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery became MGM's golden couple after this, starring in six films together. The chemistry was real, the family tree thankfully wasn't.
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