Overview
In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is new in town, to their house for dinner. Her husband doesn't know the man, and is too intimidated to ask him; instead, he hires an actor to play him.
Director and cast
- Evelyn Venable as Pamela Headley
- Grant Mitchell as Ernest Headley
- Robert Whitney as Bide Murphy
- Betty Roadman as Louisa Headley
- Vince Barnett as Vince Bergson
- Benny Rubin as Dr. McLevy
- Alicia Adams as Alicia Headley
- Louise Beavers as Hyacinth
- Kenneth Harlan as Smooth Adair
- Edward Earle as Van Wyck Schuyler
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