Summary
A meticulously crafted comedic imbroglio unfolds as Willoughby Finch, on the precipice of matrimony with Molly Farringdon, finds his meticulously planned future jeopardized by a specter from his past: May Barber. A terse telephone message, misinterpreted through the lens of Finch's anxious paranoia, convinces him that May intends to sabotage his nuptials. Unbeknownst to Finch, May, now a celebrated stage luminary reinvented as Rilla Rooke, has serendipitously encountered and fallen deeply for his best man, the affable Hale Underwood, during a fateful train journey. Upon learning of Finch's marital distress, stemming from the perceived threat of a mysterious "vamp," May, with characteristic theatrical flair and misguided altruism, volunteers to impersonate Finch's paramour, aiming to deter the supposed interloper. This well-intentioned charade spectacularly backfires at the wedding rehearsal, where May's dramatic entrance inadvertently confirms Finch's deepest fears, as he mistakenly conflates her with the very "vamp" he dreads. The ensuing chaos not only casts a pall over the impending ceremony but also inadvertently alienates Underwood, who observes May's performance with a growing sense of betrayal. The tangled skein of misunderstandings, however, begins to unravel later that evening amidst the vibrant revelry of a jazz party hosted at Underwood's apartment, where May, through a series of earnest explanations, finally disentangles the knot of misapprehensions, leading to the joyous reunion of both romantically entangled pairs.
Synopsis
Having long ago left his country sweetheart, May Barber, Willoughby Finch is about to marry Molly Farringdon when a simple phone message from May leads him to the mistaken belief that she plans to disrupt the wedding. May, now an actress known by her stage name of Rilla Rooke, meets and falls in love with Finch's best man, Hale Underwood, on the train taking her home from a successful tour. Learning from a friend that Finch is in distress over a vamp's threat to ruin his wedding, May offers to pose as Finch's lover to drive the vamp away. Her appearance at Finch's wedding rehearsal, however, only confirms Finch's worst suspicions, since May and the vamp that he fears are the same. May's charade also alienates Underwood, but she clarifies the situation that evening at a jazz party at Underwood's apartment, and both pairs of lovers are reunited.
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