Jack Mulhall is a Grand Duke without a ducat to his name. He's waiting on a lawsuit against the German government that never seems to come to any conclusion. He meets Huntley Gordon and his daughter, Dorothy Revier, who are grateful for his treatment of Gordon's son during the last war. When Mulhall confesses his embarrassment Gordon gives him the commission of finding a match of a black pearl for a little friend of his. Mulhall goes to a prominent jeweler, gives him the pearl and a thousand dollars Gordon has provided, and the commission. While there, he meets Blanche Mehaffey, who is the employee fired whenever a customer is dissatisfied. While Mulhall waits for the next stage of his commission, he courts Miss Mehaffey. What he doesn't realize is that he's fronting a swindle: Gordon has the matching pearl, which a confederate will sell to the jeweler for several times its value, then cancel the sale.
It's. Clever idea for a comedy of swindles, since no one is whom he or she pretends to be -- except for the jeweler. Director George Seitz directs well enough, but unfortunately for him, Mulhall is miscast, unable to manage anything in the way of an accent, and way too naive for someone who had been an army officer a decade and a half earlier. With Harry Semels and George 'Gabby' Hayes.
It's. Clever idea for a comedy of swindles, since no one is whom he or she pretends to be -- except for the jeweler. Director George Seitz directs well enough, but unfortunately for him, Mulhall is miscast, unable to manage anything in the way of an accent, and way too naive for someone who had been an army officer a decade and a half earlier. With Harry Semels and George 'Gabby' Hayes.
