This is a terrible film, though you can't tell for almost the first half of the movie. But then, the plot gets really weird and it becomes a second-rate soap opera that is so ridiculously improbable that it might make you laugh--all this despite it having two of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the leads.
Playboy and scientific researcher(?) Robert Taylor meets and falls in love with Barbara Stanwyck only ten days before he's due to depart for the tropics to conduct dangerous research on Spotted Fever. But a bad gambling debt nearly gets him in trouble and he's at a loss. He knows he must go to the tropics to help mankind (uggh) but he wants to stay and marry Barbara but he's also racked up a huge gambling debt--what is this irresponsible jerk to do? Well, his brother convinces him to go overseas anyway and the brother will arrange to pay the debt--leaving Barbara out in the cold (i.e., jilted).
Now here's where it gets REALLY screwy. Barbara goes to work for the guy owning the gambling hall but only if the gambler gave her the bad note owed by Taylor. Why? Who knows. But a bit later, she's vamping Taylor's good brother and she leaves him a shattered mess AFTER marrying him! Apparently, she resented the brother's interference and this was her way to pay him back. Huh?! Then, later, Taylor returns on furlough and finds out that his brother's reputation is in ruins but Barbara STILL wants to run off with Taylor! How scandalous, huh? So the two original lovers run off to the tropics--leaving the poor brother to sulk.
Once abroad, the two sleazy characters seem in love--that is until Taylor gets word that his brother has divorced Barbara. Apparently, Taylor spirited her off to the tropics in order to force the divorce. Now that it's final, he tells Barbara to kiss off--it's all been a ruse and he hates her.
Now, Barbara decides to play Miss Nobility and deliberately infects herself with Spotted Fever. Now it's up to Taylor and his new serum to save her. In the end, they are indeed in love again and get married! Doesn't this all sound 100% ridiculous and contrived? If not, then you might want to consult with a therapist. Too bad Taylor and Stanwyck didn't--it might have saved them from appearing in this god-awful turkey. It only manages to get a 3 for the first half of the film--the rest is 100% grade-A baloney!! By the way, as a way of letting you know how silly and syrupy this mess was, get a load of the line delivered by Jean Hersholt "love,...it puzzles me more than science...". Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Playboy and scientific researcher(?) Robert Taylor meets and falls in love with Barbara Stanwyck only ten days before he's due to depart for the tropics to conduct dangerous research on Spotted Fever. But a bad gambling debt nearly gets him in trouble and he's at a loss. He knows he must go to the tropics to help mankind (uggh) but he wants to stay and marry Barbara but he's also racked up a huge gambling debt--what is this irresponsible jerk to do? Well, his brother convinces him to go overseas anyway and the brother will arrange to pay the debt--leaving Barbara out in the cold (i.e., jilted).
Now here's where it gets REALLY screwy. Barbara goes to work for the guy owning the gambling hall but only if the gambler gave her the bad note owed by Taylor. Why? Who knows. But a bit later, she's vamping Taylor's good brother and she leaves him a shattered mess AFTER marrying him! Apparently, she resented the brother's interference and this was her way to pay him back. Huh?! Then, later, Taylor returns on furlough and finds out that his brother's reputation is in ruins but Barbara STILL wants to run off with Taylor! How scandalous, huh? So the two original lovers run off to the tropics--leaving the poor brother to sulk.
Once abroad, the two sleazy characters seem in love--that is until Taylor gets word that his brother has divorced Barbara. Apparently, Taylor spirited her off to the tropics in order to force the divorce. Now that it's final, he tells Barbara to kiss off--it's all been a ruse and he hates her.
Now, Barbara decides to play Miss Nobility and deliberately infects herself with Spotted Fever. Now it's up to Taylor and his new serum to save her. In the end, they are indeed in love again and get married! Doesn't this all sound 100% ridiculous and contrived? If not, then you might want to consult with a therapist. Too bad Taylor and Stanwyck didn't--it might have saved them from appearing in this god-awful turkey. It only manages to get a 3 for the first half of the film--the rest is 100% grade-A baloney!! By the way, as a way of letting you know how silly and syrupy this mess was, get a load of the line delivered by Jean Hersholt "love,...it puzzles me more than science...". Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.