Helen Twelvetrees stars as a classy prostitute in Vienna at the outbreak of World War I. After being turned down for any kind of war service because the country lists prostitutes in a registry, she's brought in by Austrian Intelligence and offered a deal. If she works as a spy, her name will be removed from the registry.
She is assigned the job of "befriending" Lew Cody, who is suspected of selling secrets. But while at a party with him, she meets the gaze of a young naval officer (William Bakewell). He's very innocent and believes her to be a "good girl." She falls in love and decides to ditch her spy job.
Everything goes well until he decides to apply for active submarine duty, leaving the girl alone. She decides to break off the affair and go back to spying. But several things happen to complicate the plan.
Twelvetrees is gorgeous as Elsa and gives a solid performance. Bakewell is surprisingly good as the naive officer. Cody plays is caddish role well. Others in the cast include Zasu Pitts as the maid who saves the day, H.B. Warner as the Intelligence officer, Nance O'Neil as the countess, C. Henry Gordon as a snarky officer, and Franklin Pangborn as a sailor.
Underrated and forgotten now, Helen Twelvetrees was, for a while, a big star.
She is assigned the job of "befriending" Lew Cody, who is suspected of selling secrets. But while at a party with him, she meets the gaze of a young naval officer (William Bakewell). He's very innocent and believes her to be a "good girl." She falls in love and decides to ditch her spy job.
Everything goes well until he decides to apply for active submarine duty, leaving the girl alone. She decides to break off the affair and go back to spying. But several things happen to complicate the plan.
Twelvetrees is gorgeous as Elsa and gives a solid performance. Bakewell is surprisingly good as the naive officer. Cody plays is caddish role well. Others in the cast include Zasu Pitts as the maid who saves the day, H.B. Warner as the Intelligence officer, Nance O'Neil as the countess, C. Henry Gordon as a snarky officer, and Franklin Pangborn as a sailor.
Underrated and forgotten now, Helen Twelvetrees was, for a while, a big star.