Johnny, the son of a rich man, is an idling, good-for-nothing loafer who leads a wild, hectic life, flunks out of college, and is disinherited and made to leave home by his father, who has given up on him in despair. Johnny opens a gas-station in Arizona, where "Waffles," a girl from Georgia, takes him in hand and employs her own methods of reformation with astonishing and fruitful results.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for pre-code era fluff where people talk like they’re reading from a playbill. If you hate theatrical, over-the-top acting, stay far away. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it’s deeply silly. Johnny is your classic 1930s trust-fund brat who gets cut off after fa...
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Warren Millais
Alexander Butler
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for pre-code era fluff where people talk like they’re reading from a playbill. If you hate theatrical, over-the-top acting, stay far away. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it’s deeply silly. Johnny is your classic 1930s trust-fund brat who gets cut off after failing out of school. You know the type—too much hair oil and not enough common sense. He ends up in Arizona, which is apparently the place to go if you want to find yourself or jus..."
Mary Lee Manning
Helen Mitchell
United States
1920 · IMDb —
Wilfred Lucas
