A friend sent me a disc of this rare film The Worst Woman In Paris (1933) copied off channel 13 in Newark, NJ.
This is an obscure Monta Bell romantic comedy about a notorious society lady in Paris, played by Benita Hume (Ronald Colman's 2nd wife) who is the paramour of dapper Adolphe Menjou. On a visit to America she falls in love with a college administrator, played by Harvey Stephens, and briefly considers she might be happy giving up her risqué life in Paris for the country charm of Kansas, but then she reads that Adolphe in Paris has fallen on hard times and lost all his money, so she returns to Paris, giving up the college administrator to the woman who really loves him sacrificially, played by piquant and dreamy Helen Chandler, one of my favorite actresses.
It's a bittersweet, charming film and I hope someday someone puts it on DVD in a nice crisp digital transfer for future generations to enjoy.
This is an obscure Monta Bell romantic comedy about a notorious society lady in Paris, played by Benita Hume (Ronald Colman's 2nd wife) who is the paramour of dapper Adolphe Menjou. On a visit to America she falls in love with a college administrator, played by Harvey Stephens, and briefly considers she might be happy giving up her risqué life in Paris for the country charm of Kansas, but then she reads that Adolphe in Paris has fallen on hard times and lost all his money, so she returns to Paris, giving up the college administrator to the woman who really loves him sacrificially, played by piquant and dreamy Helen Chandler, one of my favorite actresses.
It's a bittersweet, charming film and I hope someday someone puts it on DVD in a nice crisp digital transfer for future generations to enjoy.