by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Francis Lederer stars as the prince of a mythical European kingdom. To mingle with the "common folk" while on a visit to New York, he takes a job as a hotel doorman. In this capacity he meets Frances Dee, a small-town secretary who has likewise come to Manhattan to put a little variety in her life. Gay Deception is an enjoyable trifle put expertly through its paces by William Wyler, a director just on the verge of bigger assignments. It was one of the last Fox Studios films to be released before Fox's merger with Twentieth Century Pictures.
characteristics
- Vacation Romances
- Assumed Identities
- Crowned Heads
- Secretary
- Secret-identity
- Romantic
- Reality
- Small-town
- Romance
- Stenography
- Winning
- Woman
- Winner
- Sweepstakes
- Queen [royalty]
