film begins dowdy housewife norma shearer finding husband rod la rocque cheating her three years pass apparently theyd divorced years due infidelity oddly time la rocque see shearer two kids shearer took parisbr br marie dressler rich society lady invited new improved norma come house weekendostensibly help marie break budding romance daughter la rocque apparently norma supervamp magical sex appeal break romanceand one seems realize la rocque married several others weekend immediately norma hit gay carefree sexy waysand almost men including la rocque captivated her neither tells anyone married obvious ex wants new improved norma back film sophisticated comedy manners among uppercrustsimilar ways jean renoirs rules game oddly despite severity depression films pretty rich folks pretty popular though many today doubtless find bit droll spots however fortunately let us gay plenty cute funny moments particularly towards end marie dressler shows true colors great film certainly good one another timepasser real regret love end see yourselfperhaps agree ending perhaps wont im pretty sure enjoy clever film