Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen Rosie O'Grady. To get her own back she announces that Sam is in fact her real suitor. He in turn has a song about Rosie published and something of an Irish brawl develops via his paper and her stage show.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
newspaper reporter, duke, fiancé, fiancée, spirited, engaging, amusing, playful, london, music hall, newsroom, secret past, musical performance, love, new identity, marriage, love triangle, transformation, discovery, escape, forbidden love, 1880s
It is in technicolor, and this fact, combined with the period dressing and lavish sets, imparts some charm to the production.
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