A Night In Paradise

Basically a fable, this film features Oberon as a princess in a mythical land a few centuries before Christ, a place called Lydia. Oberon is engaged to Gomez, a fat, oily Croesus who is, of course, the richest man in the world. Along comes Bey as Aesop, and he pretends to be very old and feeble, as he learned that no one will take advice from a young person. Bey woos and wins Oberon away from Gomez while managing to save his small country and his life. Sondergaard wants to marry Gomez and resents his attraction to Oberon. And was there anyone who could portray resentment and scheming better than Sondergaard? It's a very posh production with lots of beautiful costum...