This is a smart-set literati piece starring Noel Coward as a New York publisher who is a marionette master, pulling the strings of everyone around him while scattering
bons mots like rose petals. He is a charming heel who loves 'em, leaves 'em, and remains the main topic of conversation at
swank hotels, various watering spots, and brittle cocktail parties. Julie Haydon, a young author, is in love with Stanley Ridges, and Coward means to break them up and make her his own. Meanwhile, he meets his female counterpart in Hope Williams, who is just as world-weary, cynical, and cunning as
he is. Coward gets aboard a Bermuda-bound flight which crashes, killing ever...
Released:
1935
Rated:
NR
Length:
76 mins