As well as featuring some scenes with dialogue rendered in rhyming couplets, the film is notable as an example of Hollywood's attitude to abstract art in the 1930s. The hero is a no-nonsense representational artist from Tennessee, who, transplanted to Paris, meets a crowd of pretentious types in a Montparnasse garret.
This movie is notable not only for its use of rhyming dialogue but also for its representation of Hollywood's views on abstract art during the 1930s. The hero is a straightforward, realistic artist from Tennessee who encounters a group of pretentious artists in Paris.