The Way to Love

Maurice Chevalier is a carefree guy who works in Edward Everett Horton's shop, where they mock up excuses for married people who step out. Chevalier's great ambition it to be a tour guide. One day he rescues Ann Dvorak from her knife-throwing guardian and takes her to his rooftop refuge, which he shares with Minna Gombell and Arthur Pierson.

One ensemble song at the beginning. One chorus by Chevalier at the end. This appears to be pretty much the sum total of the music, and the comedy is carried by Horton, and Arthur Housman playing one of his patented drunks. It's pretty clear that this was a stinker before it was finished; Sylvia Sidney walked out, and Carole Lombard refused the part. Cinematographer Charles Lang shoots Paramount;s Parisian set from a wide variety of angles, and there are lots of fine character actors in the cast list, but director Norman Taurog is no Lubitsch.