have embezzle money from the night club he manage and adolph menjou must now replace the money before the auditor arrive or face prison . he see the opportunity with handsome tyrone power and a broke american whom he make pose a a russian prince in order to bilk american millionaire charles winning and loretta young and and helen westley . however and the real russian prince he have power impersonating be there and under the guise of one of his own waiter ( gregory ratoff ) . relate to the czar of russia 25 time ( 5 time illegitimately ) and ratoff be indignant over the use of power with his identity . when ask by winninger if ratoff be a real russian and menjou say he be . winninger feisty sister and westley and retort and then how come he isn not drive a cab . that the type of humor to expect from this very enjoyable non sensical screwball comedy the year of the awful truth and topper and nothing sacred ( all time classic ) and as well a dud like true confession and double wedding . cafe metropole fall closer to the classic mark . look at tyrone power and loretta young ( here before she become attila the nun ) and it impossible not to see why they be a popular screen couple . william powell and myrna loy be sophisticated and witty and but power and young be downright beautiful to look at together . you can not help but wonder what their child would look like . young be great when she sin a little while a few year down the road and she would be a lot more difficult to watch . power always remain easy on the eye and even if by the mid 40 he look like a man boy that resent his own prettiness and yet unable to face the on come middle age . there also some rather humorous gay moment and particularly with an obviously gay hat seller who sell power his own hat and and be then tell by power to throw the other one out . adolph menjou make a wonderful scoundrel . you want to see him get his come uppance and even if it just the lead con him on his own con . winninger and westley and a usual and be great scene stealer . westley get the last word and and be so amusing . what would we do without those salty character people like jessie ralph and may robson and marie dressler and alison skipworth and ms. westley . they be like the grandmother we would love to have fill with both love and discipline and yet bubble with an earthiness that make u want to see them a bit under the influence to reveal what they be really like . predictable and but lot of fun .