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"Chadwick is Ellen Llewellyn, a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra
leader Andy Owens (Glass), a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the
aristocratic Tony Winterslip (Rathbone), she's impressed by his family tree and vast wealth.
When Winterslip's car breaks down during a rainstorm, Ellen gets drenched
and contracts pneumonia. It takes much persuasion, but finally Ellen agrees
to recuperate at the Winterslip country home. There she gets to spend a lot
of time with Winterslip, his mother (Jane Jennings), and his grandmother
(Esther Banks) -- too much, in fact. Esther comes to realize that money and
a family tree aren't everything, and she's more than happy to return to
Andy." "After visiting her mother for Sunday dinner, Ellen
Llewellyn, a chorus girl, is late for the rehearsal of a Boston musical,
but she is spared the wrath of the stage manager when the orchestra
leader, Andy Owens, diverts his attention until she is in place. Andy has
often proposed to Ellen but is always refused, for she feels that marriage
to him would mean an uncertain and marginal existence. Ellen meets
aristocratic, wealthy Tony Winterslip, who soon proposes to her; she turns
him down also, knowing him to be unambitious and dependent upon his name
and fortune. When Ellen catches pneumonia, Tony provides her with a nurse
and then persuades her to convalesce at the family mansion. Ellen is bored
by the dull routine of life in the Winterslip home, and Tony's
grandmother, realizing that Ellen would never be happy with Tony, reunites
her with Andy. They are now married, on the promise of a rewarding career
for Andy, who has just sold a musical to Broadway."
Variety reported that Andy Owens's "wealthy rival is well-played by Basil Rathbone." Trouping with Ellen is not available on DVD, Blu-Ray or videotape.
1 Michael Druxman, Basil Rathbone: His Life and His Films (New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1975), 111.
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