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* TitleDrop: Ends with Arthur kissing Fay and saying "that's the last of Mrs. Cheyney." He kisses her again. She says "and that?" He replies "that's the first of Lady Dilling.""
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What neither of them know is that Fay is really a con artist and thief. It turns out she and her "servants" are actually all members of a gang, led by "butler" Charles (Powell), whose whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so they can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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What neither of them know her would-be suitors knows is that Fay is really a con artist and thief. It turns out that she and her "servants" are actually all members of a gang, gang led by her "butler" Charles (Powell), whose whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so they can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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Fay Cheyney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on the boat is Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is that Mrs. Cheyney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
What neither of them know is that Mrs. Cheyney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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Fay Cheyney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on aboard the boat is one Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad [[TheCasanova Casanova]] who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is thatMrs. Cheyney Fay is actually really a con artist and thief. She It turns out she and her "servants" are all actually all members of a gang, led by her "butler", "butler" Charles (Powell). Their (Powell), whose whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she they can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell. It was adapted from Frederick Lonsdale's play of the same name, which had previously been filmed in 1929 with Creator/NormaShearer and Creator/BasilRathbone as the leads.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell. It was adapted from Frederick Lonsdale's the play of the same name, name by Frederick Lonsdale, which had previously been filmed in 1929 with Creator/NormaShearer and Creator/BasilRathbone as the leads.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Lord Winton (Creator/NigelBruce), who is kind of gross, is telling a story about the girlfriend he had in India when he was young. He describes her as having "a nut-brown skin and the most beautiful figure", and he makes the hourglass gesture.
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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Lord Winton (Creator/NigelBruce), who is kind of gross, is telling a story about the girlfriend he had in India when he was young. He describes her as having "a nut-brown skin and the most beautiful figure", and he makes the hourglass gesture.
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The story would be filmed yet again in 1951, as ''The Law and the Lady'' starring Creator/GreerGarson.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell. It is was adapted from Frederick Lonsdale's play of the same name, which had previously been filmed in 1929 with Creator/NormaShearer and Creator/BasilRathbone as the leads.
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* TitleDrop: Ends with Arthur kissing Fay and saying "that's the last of Mrs. Cheney.Cheyney." He kisses her again. She says "and that?" He replies "that's the first of Lady Dilling."
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' is a 1937 film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell.
Fay Cheney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on the boat is Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is that Mrs. Cheney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
Fay Cheney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on the boat is Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is that Mrs. Cheney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell.
Creator/WilliamPowell. It is adapted from Frederick Lonsdale's play of the same name, which had previously been filmed in 1929 with Creator/NormaShearer and Creator/BasilRathbone as the leads.
FayCheney Cheyney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on the boat is Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is that Mrs.Cheney Cheyney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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* TheCon: Fay Cheney Cheyney is a jewel thief posing as a rich widow. Her "servants" have all chipped in to fund her wealthy lifestyle long enough for her to worm her way into Lord Kelton's affections, with the ultimate goal of stealing the duchess's pearls.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheney'' is a 1937 film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheney'' Cheyney'' is a 1937 film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell.
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''The Last of Mrs. Cheney'' is a 1937 film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Creator/JoanCrawford, Creator/RobertMontgomery, and Creator/WilliamPowell.
Fay Cheney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on the boat is Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is that Mrs. Cheney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Lord Winton (Creator/NigelBruce), who is kind of gross, is telling a story about the girlfriend he had in India when he was young. He describes her as having "a nut-brown skin and the most beautiful figure", and he makes the hourglass gesture.
* CallBack: Early in the movie Arthur wins an auction by distracting Lord Kelton with a fake phone call. Later he does this again to get Fay alone to ask her to marry him.
* TheCon: Fay Cheney is a jewel thief posing as a rich widow. Her "servants" have all chipped in to fund her wealthy lifestyle long enough for her to worm her way into Lord Kelton's affections, with the ultimate goal of stealing the duchess's pearls.
* TheExitIsThatWay: Lord Kelton, startled when Fay starts changing her clothes in his room, tries to exit and instead walks into the bathroom.
* GilliganCut: The other guests are speculating how Lord Kelton's meeting with Fay is going. One lady thinks that Kelton is asking Fay to marry him, and she imagines an elaborate proposal: "My dear Mrs. Cheney, I am the victim of the emotion of love. I offer you my undying affection, and my heart, and my hand." The film then cuts to Kelton telling Fay, "You must understand, we couldn't possibly have a low tariff and compete with [[invoked]][[ValuesDissonance coolie]] labor." He is at least self-aware enough to follow this up by asking, "Do you find me dull?"
* InternalReveal: At the end of the first act it's revealed that Fay is a con artist seeking to pull off a heist. Her gullible rich targets don't find that out until the climax.
* IntroDump: Arthur goes to ask a steward about Fay and gets a startlingly thorough briefing. Surprised, he says "What do you know about me?", and the steward then introduces ''him'' to the audience as well.
* LoveTriangle: A single kiss reveals that Fay and Charles are an item, but by this time she's already in love with Arthur.
* MeetCute: Fay meets Lord Kelton, and through him Arthur, when she goes into Lord Kelton's room by mistake. Later revealed to be an engineered MeetCute to worm her way into Lord Kelton's inner circle.
* ParlorGames: The rich folk play a game called "Truth" that is basically a variant on Truth or Dare, in which you must answer a question honestly or perform some silly penalty like writing down the names of all your cousins 50 times each.
* TitleDrop: Ends with Arthur kissing Fay and saying "that's the last of Mrs. Cheney." He kisses her again. She says "and that?" He replies "that's the first of Lady Dilling."
Fay Cheney (Crawford) is a rich widow. On a boat headed to England, she mistakenly enters the suite of Lord Kelton (Frank "Wizard of Oz" Morgan), an older English noble, who takes an immediate liking to the attractive young woman. Also on the boat is Lord Arthur Dilling (Montgomery), TheCasanova, a young cad who starts aggressively pursuing lovely Fay.
What neither of them know is that Mrs. Cheney is actually a con artist and thief. She and her "servants" are all actually members of a gang, led by her "butler", Charles (Powell). Their whole objective is for Fay to worm her way into this particular set of rich folks so she can steal a priceless pearl necklace from the home of Arthur's aunt, the Duchess of Ebley. This is complicated, however, when Fay starts to fall in love with Arthur.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Lord Winton (Creator/NigelBruce), who is kind of gross, is telling a story about the girlfriend he had in India when he was young. He describes her as having "a nut-brown skin and the most beautiful figure", and he makes the hourglass gesture.
* CallBack: Early in the movie Arthur wins an auction by distracting Lord Kelton with a fake phone call. Later he does this again to get Fay alone to ask her to marry him.
* TheCon: Fay Cheney is a jewel thief posing as a rich widow. Her "servants" have all chipped in to fund her wealthy lifestyle long enough for her to worm her way into Lord Kelton's affections, with the ultimate goal of stealing the duchess's pearls.
* TheExitIsThatWay: Lord Kelton, startled when Fay starts changing her clothes in his room, tries to exit and instead walks into the bathroom.
* GilliganCut: The other guests are speculating how Lord Kelton's meeting with Fay is going. One lady thinks that Kelton is asking Fay to marry him, and she imagines an elaborate proposal: "My dear Mrs. Cheney, I am the victim of the emotion of love. I offer you my undying affection, and my heart, and my hand." The film then cuts to Kelton telling Fay, "You must understand, we couldn't possibly have a low tariff and compete with [[invoked]][[ValuesDissonance coolie]] labor." He is at least self-aware enough to follow this up by asking, "Do you find me dull?"
* InternalReveal: At the end of the first act it's revealed that Fay is a con artist seeking to pull off a heist. Her gullible rich targets don't find that out until the climax.
* IntroDump: Arthur goes to ask a steward about Fay and gets a startlingly thorough briefing. Surprised, he says "What do you know about me?", and the steward then introduces ''him'' to the audience as well.
* LoveTriangle: A single kiss reveals that Fay and Charles are an item, but by this time she's already in love with Arthur.
* MeetCute: Fay meets Lord Kelton, and through him Arthur, when she goes into Lord Kelton's room by mistake. Later revealed to be an engineered MeetCute to worm her way into Lord Kelton's inner circle.
* ParlorGames: The rich folk play a game called "Truth" that is basically a variant on Truth or Dare, in which you must answer a question honestly or perform some silly penalty like writing down the names of all your cousins 50 times each.
* TitleDrop: Ends with Arthur kissing Fay and saying "that's the last of Mrs. Cheney." He kisses her again. She says "and that?" He replies "that's the first of Lady Dilling."
