This isn't a great movie, but it is certainly an enjoyable one. An English gentleman's gentleman is taken to America when he's won in a game of cards by a wealthy American's husband. (No, that doesn't make any sense. A gentleman's gentleman isn't an indentured servant. You just have to buy the premise.) At first he is like a fish out of water. Eventually, he finds advantages and pleasure in what are touted as American virtues: all men are created equal, etc. Nothing profound, certainly, but the cast is uniformly good, as are their performances. Some, like Mary Boland's or Zsa Zu Pitt's, are yet another iteration of what they always played. Some, like Charlie Ruggles', are interesting exaggerations. The only performance I found strange was Charles Laughton's. He had a very strange way of showing what I suppose was meant to be seen as bewilderment.
A pleasant way to spend 90 minutes.
A pleasant way to spend 90 minutes.