by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Cafe Metropole stars Tyrone Power as an international playboy with a habit of writing rubber checks. Heavily in debt to cafe owner Adolphe Menjou, Power agrees to pose as a Russian nobleman and woo heiress Loretta Young, so that Menjou can get his mitts on the girl's money. Avarice gives way to love, but not before Young walks out on Power when she catches on to his original selfish intentions. The script for Cafe Metropole was written by actor/director Gregory Ratoff, who also plays a supporting role. The film's first biggest laughs are reserved for the first scene, in which mild-mannered Christian Rub attempts to collect on one of Power's debts by clumsily wielding a loaded revolver.
characteristics
- Prevention
- Problems
- Restaurant
- Poison
- Playboy
- Nobility
- Noble
- Owner
- Romance
- Romantic
- Troubles
- Waiter/waitress
- Waitress
- Swindle
- Seductress
