Anatol and Vivien Spencer are newly married, but Anatol cannot resist trying to help out women in need. He first tries to assist an old schoolmate, Emilie, whom he thinks is being taken advantage of by an old lecher. This ends disastrously. Next, he rescues a woman who has attempted suicide by drowning. She ends up swiping his wallet, and gives the money to her husband, to replace money she had taken from him. Finally, Anatol assists an entertainer whose husband, a veteran of World War I, has just had a serious operation. All the while, Vivien fumes at these escapades, and starts hanging around with Anatol's best friend. Will Anatol ever learn his lesson, and will Vivien forgive him?
This film has a great cast. Besides the two leads, the three women Reid helps are played by, in order of appearance, Wanda Hawley, Agnes Ayres, and Bebe Daniels. Daniels in particular looks great, as "Satan Synne," who keeps a leopard in her apartment: Good support is provided by Theodore Roberts as Hawley's sugar daddy (although his trademark cigar-chomping is starting to wear thin). Monte Blue has a small role as Ayres farmer-husband. But despite the cast, the film misses the mark somewhat. The length is a problem; the first segment with Hawley takes up almost half the film, and could have probably been cut down. Ayres appearance is fairly brief, while Daniels gets more screen time. But the film is a tough slog at times, and I had trouble staying interested because the material was just not that compelling. And some of the title cards are paragraphs.
There are some very good scenes, though; one in particular, where Reid blows his stack and trashes Hawley's things, is pretty raw. There are also some very weird scenes, like one involving an Indian hypnotist who gets Swanson to remove her stockings, much to her embarrassment:
Reid's character is problematic. It's hard to root for him since he keeps messing up. It doesn't help that his eyebrows appear to be painted on, making them look like caterpillars.
I'd give the film an "eh" overall.
This film has a great cast. Besides the two leads, the three women Reid helps are played by, in order of appearance, Wanda Hawley, Agnes Ayres, and Bebe Daniels. Daniels in particular looks great, as "Satan Synne," who keeps a leopard in her apartment: Good support is provided by Theodore Roberts as Hawley's sugar daddy (although his trademark cigar-chomping is starting to wear thin). Monte Blue has a small role as Ayres farmer-husband. But despite the cast, the film misses the mark somewhat. The length is a problem; the first segment with Hawley takes up almost half the film, and could have probably been cut down. Ayres appearance is fairly brief, while Daniels gets more screen time. But the film is a tough slog at times, and I had trouble staying interested because the material was just not that compelling. And some of the title cards are paragraphs.
There are some very good scenes, though; one in particular, where Reid blows his stack and trashes Hawley's things, is pretty raw. There are also some very weird scenes, like one involving an Indian hypnotist who gets Swanson to remove her stockings, much to her embarrassment:
Reid's character is problematic. It's hard to root for him since he keeps messing up. It doesn't help that his eyebrows appear to be painted on, making them look like caterpillars.
I'd give the film an "eh" overall.