Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry the family laundress' daughter Shamrock. Class differences lead to divorces and remarriages.
Leatrice Joy
Iris Van Suydam
Conrad Nagel
Richard Prentiss
Jack Mower
Tom McGuire
Julia Faye
Elsie Prentiss
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Prentiss
Theodore Roberts
Uncle
Sylvia Ashton
Mrs. O'Day
John Davidson
The Count Demitry Scardoff
Winter Hall
The Professor
Lillian Leighton
Mrs. Ferguson
Edith Roberts
Shamrock O'Day
James Neill
Tompkins - the Butler
William Boyd
Party Guest
Westcott Clarke
Bill - the Plumber
Viora Daniel
Bill's Blonde Girlfriend
Lucien Littlefield
Uncle Van's Secretary
Ethel Wales
Party Guest
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Writer
Jeanie Macpherson
June 6, 2022
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This is a quite an entertaining little comic romance with two bored, wealthy, people who have little else to day all day other than get up, bathe, dress, eat, dress, eat then go back to bed again. Though not officially affianced, "Iris" (Leatrice Joy) and "Richard" (Conrad Nagel) are certainly expected to get married by their peers. Shock horror when she marries her chauffeur and he the daughter of a laundress. Imagine the scandal! That's where the comedy comes in - the sheer effrontery of their behaviour causes conniptions amongst their families and friends and takes a cracking great swipe at predetermined elements of social class and happiness. Julia Faye is quite good as Nagel's rather malevolent sister "Elsie", as is Edith Roberts as his hard-working wife "Shamrock". It's short, with some quite lengthy - but still pithy - inter-titles that maybe over-narrate the story at times, but De Mille doesn't stop for breath from the start to the finish and presents us with an enjoyable, borderline farce, that I rather enjoyed.
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