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The Talk of the Town

Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand on a book called "How to Attract the Opposite Sex," she takes its advice to heart. She uses her newly found wiles on Lawrence Tabor (William Stowell) and gets him to marry her. Only after the wedding does she tell him she married him just to get away from her family, and that she intends to do exactly as she pleases.

Top Cast

  • Dorothy Phillips

    Dorothy Phillips

    Genevra French

  • George Fawcett

    George Fawcett

    Maj. French

  • Clarissa Selwynne

    Clarissa Selwynne

    Aunt Harriet

  • William Stowell

    William Stowell

    Lawrence Tabor

  • Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney

    Jack Langhorne

  • Gloria Joy

    Gloria Joy

    Genevra - Age 5

  • Una Fleming

    Una Fleming

    Dancer

  • Charles Hill Mailes

    Charles Hill Mailes

  • Zasu Pitts

    Zasu Pitts

Overview

Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand on a book called "How to Attract the Opposite Sex," she takes its advice to heart. She uses her newly found wiles on Lawrence Tabor (William Stowell) and gets him to marry her. Only after the wedding does she tell him she married him just to get away from her family, and that she intends to do exactly as she pleases.

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A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

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