ronald colman play a prodigal son . while he be not a bad guy and he be a bit flighty and hasn not do a lot with his life other than travel the world and have a jolly good time . now that his late venture in africa have fail and he on his way home to england . his rich upper class father plan on toss him out on his ear and though thanks to ronald win style and he be reluctantly welcome back with open arm . at this point and there be two woman in his life showgirl myrna loy and rich girl loretta young ( who be already engage ) . how will all this work out and will ronald wise up and act like a responsible adult these be the main theme of this pleasant little film . this isn not a great movie and certainly would not change your life and but it certainly be very entertaining and fun . most of this be due to the always genial acting of ronald colman . heck and in the heyday of his career in the 1930s and he could have play in reefer madness or some other dreck and still make it entertain and likable due to his charm persona . his seemingly effortless style in this movie make it very easy to like him and it easy to see why both loretta young and myrna loy be in love with him in the film . plus and the writing be very witty and make this a nice romantic comedy .