Gladys decides to help a struggling playwright who's about to be evicted from the hotel for not paying his bill. She sets up a meeting between the playwright and a theatrical producer who agrees to look at the young man's new play, but the producer turns out not to like the play because he thinks its plot is "improbable".


The early 1920s witnessed a fertile ground for cinema that often intertwined with the broader cultural and social movements of the time. 'When Knighthood Was in Tower' (1924) stand...
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Darryl F. Zanuck, George Marion Jr., H.C. Witwer
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