Robert Taylor returns to his very English family. Five years in prison have robbed him of his accent, and their business needs an infusion of capital; his brother, Reginald Owen, will get it by marrying a rich widow. Taylor is given some money to disappears, and gets a job under a false name with the bailiffs. Jean Harlow is broke and her furniture is being taken away, but not today, so Taylor becomes the :man in possession" to make sure none of it disappears mysteriously. He finds out that she's the widow brother Owen is set to marry.
MGM had already made this movie in the pre-Code days, and this one is light, and carried mostl on the back of a home party Miss Harlow is giving for Taylor's -- thoroughly surprised -- family, at which Taylor butles. There are an assortment of amusing stereotypes, including predatory Americans, befuddled nobleman, and incomprehensible. W. S. Van Dyke directs with his usual efficiency, but the leads don't strike sparks off each other. With Una O'Connor, Henrietta Crossman, E. E. Clive and Cora Witherspoon.
MGM had already made this movie in the pre-Code days, and this one is light, and carried mostl on the back of a home party Miss Harlow is giving for Taylor's -- thoroughly surprised -- family, at which Taylor butles. There are an assortment of amusing stereotypes, including predatory Americans, befuddled nobleman, and incomprehensible. W. S. Van Dyke directs with his usual efficiency, but the leads don't strike sparks off each other. With Una O'Connor, Henrietta Crossman, E. E. Clive and Cora Witherspoon.