Putting on Airs

In an era defined by the desperate pursuit of upward mobility, Putting on Airs follows a young woman from the wrong side of the tracks who decides that if she cannot be born into wealth, she will simply inhabit it. After catching the eye of a seemingly affluent young man, she constructs an elaborate persona of high-society elegance. The ruse escalates from costume to architecture when she takes advantage of an empty mansion to host a 'jazzy' soirée, intending to cement her status in her suitor's eyes. However, the facade crumbles with comedic precision when the actual owners return mid-revelry, leading to a revelation that complicates the social hierarchy she was so eager to climb. It is a story of class performance, the fragility of the American dream in the 1920s, and the inevitable collision between youthful pretense and domestic reality.