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Into the office of the London tuberculosis specialist Sir Colenso Ridgeon comes a beautiful woman (Katharine Cornell). She wants the doctor to cure her husband, a brilliant painter and incorrigible amoralist-a liar, cadger and thief in practical matters. Through some of the clankingest plot mechanics in history, Sir Colenso is forced to choose between saving the life of this caddish genius and that of a poor, upright little Government doctor. The issue is complicated by Sir Colenso's desire for the painter's wife. Finally he decides to abandon the painter-only to be spurned...
...existent, thus reducing the motivating forces of the film ad absurdem--and his just as charming tenderness--which the reviewer doesn't believe in anyway-- wins him (Maurice) an American Heiross which makes a very long sentence. Father of heiress objects to foreign influence, but being a clever old cadger, brings Maurice of America so he may flicker in contrast with the go-getters of this country. Maurice, of course, becomes an outstanding success in the world of finance, makes speeches at banquets, gives sales-talks, and does everything to lose the girl, who fell in love with him only...