There's never a dull moment at the Htel du Libre Echange. Deceptions, hitches and other misunderstandings make a few people mingle whereas, for their own sake, they should not. An example among others: an expert who has come to the hotel for professional reasons had better not meet his wife, who is there to cheat on him with his best friend...
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr taunts each one, claiming their only interest in him is his money, and sends them away when the report about the niece proves to be false. Only niece Marjorie, who has ridiculed one of his pet...
Before bank employee J. Pinkham Whinney leaves on a cross-country vacation with his wife Flora, his co-worker Ferguson deposits $50,000 in embezzled money in Whinney's suitcase, planning to recover it after Whinney leaves New York. Flora, however, has placed a newspaper ad for a couple to travel with the Whinneys, and George Edwards and Gracie Devore, who respond to the ad, qui...
