We Were Dancing

This is loosely based on two of the nine plays that made up Noel Coward's 1937 hit, "Tonight at 8:30," and stars Norma Shearer as a poor Polish princess who is engaged to socialite Bowman. At a party at Bowman's South Carolina home, Shearer meets Douglas and immediately becomes convinced he's the man for her. They run off together, each thinking the other is filthy rich. Only after they've married do they learn the truth--both are penniless hustlers. They decide to keep their marriage a secret and, while seeing each other on the sly, continue to search for wealthy lovers. When Patrick, a rich decorator who had been Douglas' lover some time before, finds out they ar...