The rich widow Leila disguises herself as a maid and falls in love with her employer Fergus who is a rich Canadian bachelor. Their wealth depends on each getting married within the next year.
If you are looking for that action movie with Kevin Hart, you are about seventy years too early. This is the 1933 version of The Man from Toronto, and honestly, it is way more charming even if the plot is paper-thin. It is the kind of movie you put on when you want to see people in nice clothes talk very fast in rooms ...
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Sinclair Hill
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"If you are looking for that action movie with Kevin Hart, you are about seventy years too early. This is the 1933 version of The Man from Toronto, and honestly, it is way more charming even if the plot is paper-thin. It is the kind of movie you put on when you want to see people in nice clothes talk very fast in rooms that look like stage sets. It is definitely worth a watch if you like Jessie Matthews. She was a huge star back then, and you can see why. She has this nervous, vibrating energy t..."
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