There was a time when theatre audiences couldn’t get enough of high society tales involving jewel thieves and that time was the 1920s when this was written but the story proved durable – partly because it offers a great role for an older female star. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Greer Garson have all essayed Mrs Cheney on film and here it’s Gertrude Lawrence. She’s a woman pretending to be high society so she can rob people of jewels but falls in love. Guys pant over her, she's witty and wears great clothes (which you can't see). Not bad of it's type, but you have to like the type.
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