Once it gets going, this is quite a fun vehicle for Maurice Chevalier as he falls in love with a chewing gum heiress. “Pierre” accompanies “Barbara” (Claudette Colbert) to her American home where her father (George Barbier) has his name on just about everything. He is quite a shrewd old gent, so rather than row with his loved-up daughter he offers her beau a job. Now we are not talking about an highly paid office job with an expense account, no. We are talking about a factory floor opportunity where his foreman has been charged with making his life as awkward as possible. Meantime, “Ronnie” (F…
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