For playboy Rod LaRocque, being removed from the partnership of his father's firm simply leads him into another career opportunity, becoming one of the assistant DA's in his city, having been studying law and being a man about town while his father believes he should have been working with him. LaRocque finds his first case on his first night of being hired, being at the scene of a mob related murder and taking over the case even before his first day on the job. His new boss is upset by his innocent involvement in it, but basically goes along with LaRocque taking over the case.
Marian Nixon and Betty Compson are the two women involved in his life and in the case, Nixon a reporter whom he dates and Compson tied to the mob, and unfortunately, neither are Myrna Loy and he certainly isn't William Powell. LaRocque isn't really leading man material even in early 1930's terms, having a high pitched voice that on screen lacks a romantic touch, and in some aspects, he appears to be more of a villainous type. Still, this isn't a bad film and if you can manage to deal with the poor print quality (faded imaging and tinny sound), you'll find it somewhere amusing. I'd still prefer Powell as the lawmakers from "Manhattan Melodrama" and "Evelyn Prentice" over LaRocque's assistant DA who seems more interested in seeing his name in the society column than actually getting any crime fighting done.
Marian Nixon and Betty Compson are the two women involved in his life and in the case, Nixon a reporter whom he dates and Compson tied to the mob, and unfortunately, neither are Myrna Loy and he certainly isn't William Powell. LaRocque isn't really leading man material even in early 1930's terms, having a high pitched voice that on screen lacks a romantic touch, and in some aspects, he appears to be more of a villainous type. Still, this isn't a bad film and if you can manage to deal with the poor print quality (faded imaging and tinny sound), you'll find it somewhere amusing. I'd still prefer Powell as the lawmakers from "Manhattan Melodrama" and "Evelyn Prentice" over LaRocque's assistant DA who seems more interested in seeing his name in the society column than actually getting any crime fighting done.