It's Carnevale in Venice, and the Bohemian crowd is composed of artists and hangers-on, poseurs and beguiled. Adelqui Migliar is a serious painter, but desperately poor, and popular among the crowd, except for those who look down on the sort of fake artists who try to sell their work. Evelyn Brent is a milliner, and desperately in love with him, making his costume for the celebrations, and expecting nothing in return. When Migliar exhibits for a prize, his work attracts the attention of Dorothy Fane, who carries him back to Paris and success. He leaves Miss Brent with enough money to carry her over to the time when she will cease to love him.
It's a year before the British film industry went into a tailspin, so this Anglo-Dutch production, written by Migliar and directed by B. E. Doxat-Pratt had the budget to shoot in Venice during Carnevale, and also in Paris. It's competently if stodgily shot, and the acting is broad and melodramatic. The poor copy I looked at doesn't show off the venue very well, and few of the cast and crew are remembered, except for Miss Brent. She certainly doesn't show much subtlety, but it's good to see her this early in her career.
