Summary
Julie McFadden is the quintessential American dreamer, a humble shop-girl who unexpectedly wins a golden ticket: passage across the Atlantic to the city of lights. On the voyage, the film establishes its comedic DNA through a chaotic sack race where Julie loses more than just her balance, resulting in a mandatory forfeit kiss with the charming Robert Van Wye. This shipboard flirtation sets the stage for a Parisian odyssey that quickly devolves into a nightmare of urban displacement. Upon arrival, Julie discovers her intended lodgings have been reduced to rubble, and a subsequent street robbery leaves her penniless and adrift in an unfamiliar metropolis. What follows is a frantic, high-speed chase through the streets of Paris that lands her in a high-fashion atelier. Through a comedy of errors and mistaken identity, Julie is recruited to deliver couture gowns, leading her into the private sanctuary of the Countess Pasada. The film peaks in a classic bedroom farce when Julie, emerging from a bath, discovers the Count in his pajamas and takes the drastic measure of imprisoning him in his own bathroom. The finale is a whirlwind of slapstick escapes involving baby carriages and narrow misses, ultimately proving that even the most disastrous vacation can lead to a romantic homecoming.
Synopsis
American shop-girl Julie McFadden wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van Wye, who must kiss her when she loses a sack race. In Paris, Julie finds her proposed residence destroyed, and while waiting for Bob her purse is snatched; in the ensuing chase she gets lost and enters a dressmaker shop, where the two owners are in dire need of an English-speaking girl to deliver some gowns. Accidentally she is given free entry to the apartment of Countess Pasada and is shown to her rooms; the count is in his pajamas when she emerges from her bath, and she locks him in the bathroom. Later, attempting to escape, she runs into Bob's arms and is forced to hide from the countess in a perambulator. Following a series of whirlwind escapades, Julie extricates herself and is happily united with Bob.
