Love Before Breakfast

There's plenty of love here, though, curiously, there's not a bit of it before breakfast. Romero works for Foster, a wealthy man who dabbles in the oil business. Both of them are, understandably, in love with Lombard. To get rid of his competition, Foster offers Romero a chance to run the company's operations far away in Japan, and Romero snaps at the opportunity, much to Lombard's dismay. At the same time, Foster arranges for comely Lawford to sail on the ship that Romero is to take. She's a countess with charm oozing from every delicate pore, and Foster reckons that Romero will never be able to resist her combination of title, money, and beauty. Though Lombard pr...