George Marshall and Miriam Hopkins are sophisticated high class thieves working first in Venice, where Edward Everett Horton is a victim - then in Paris, where the latter again turns up. He is a love rival with Charlie Ruggles (the Major) over rich business owner Kay Francis, who Marshall sees as a business opportunity, becoming her secretary - cueing lots of jokes around doors (as always) and staircases. It's very smooth and funny, and adult (it's just pre-Code).
With C. Aubrey Smith and Robert Greig. And (uncredited) Luis Alberni and Leonid Kinskey. Made by Paramount.
Was tempted in fact to watch Lubitsch all day long - Design for Living, To Be Or Not To Be, That Uncertain Feeling, Ninotchka, Cluny Brown, Heaven Can Wait...
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