A European aristocrat (Melvyn Douglas) who lives by gambling and staying with rich families meets, falls in love at first sight and marries another European aristocrat (Norma Shearer). They live by staying with rich people until they are broke and he has an affair. The first half is lightweight farce but the second half is much weaker, when Melvyn Douglas is not convincing being too smarmy to be believable and ends up being unpleasant rather than charming and an inveterate liar. The film is based on a play by Noel Coward.