An early part-sound picture, loosely based on the story of Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte and his marriage to an American socialite. Jerome (Conrad Nagle) visits Baltimore in disguise, passing himself off as a tutor. He's engaged to give French lessons to the well-bred Elizabeth
Patterson (Dolores Costello), and winds up falling in love with her. Jerome persuades Elizabeth to marry him, but after their wedding word arrives that Napoleon has become Emperor of France. Jerome -- who is expected to return home and make a politically appropriate marriage to the Princess of
Wurtemburg -- is forced to reveal his true identity, and he and his wife sail for France. Nap...
Released:
1928
Rated:
NR
Length:
n/a