Playing a combination of Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke, young socialite Dolores Costello is an independent party girl whose ensemble of young admirers has her not interested in walking down the aisle. She's more interested in the party scene, perhaps to avoid a broken heart, but mostly because she's simply bored, and as she describes her life, she has so much money that she is unaware of how to spend it all. After a relationship with a seemingly good man (Warren William), she begins an affair with a wealthy young man (Anthony Bushell) whose father (H.B. Warner) considers Costello to be unsuitable in spite of her large dowry and makes his distaste for Costello open. Costello shows up at a part, unaware that it is at Warner's home, creating one more confrontation, a mysterious death, and perhaps her greatest wake-up call.
Throughout this, there are interruptions of any private moment Costello tries to have from the rich but annoying Mae Madison whose gossipy nature is delivered with a helium voice. That provides the comedy. Confrontations between Costello and Warner, along with the romantic moments with Costello and/or William and Bushell, provide the drama. It's an entertaining pre-code comedy that shows how money cannot buy happiness or honor, that one must be very particular in choosing whom they socialize with (Madison gets an amusing exit) and that one's reputation is first and foremost key to happiness, particularly a single young woman. At just an hour, this early Warner Brothers talkie is satisfying fluff with the youthful Costello a delight. She had the personality for talking pictures, but would be gone for a long hiatus before returning in supporting parts.
Throughout this, there are interruptions of any private moment Costello tries to have from the rich but annoying Mae Madison whose gossipy nature is delivered with a helium voice. That provides the comedy. Confrontations between Costello and Warner, along with the romantic moments with Costello and/or William and Bushell, provide the drama. It's an entertaining pre-code comedy that shows how money cannot buy happiness or honor, that one must be very particular in choosing whom they socialize with (Madison gets an amusing exit) and that one's reputation is first and foremost key to happiness, particularly a single young woman. At just an hour, this early Warner Brothers talkie is satisfying fluff with the youthful Costello a delight. She had the personality for talking pictures, but would be gone for a long hiatus before returning in supporting parts.