Sylvia Scarlett
Released 1/3/1936 (United States)
📖 Storyline
Escaping to England from a French embezzlement charge, widower Henry Scarlett is accompanied by daughter Sylvia who, to avoid detection, disguises herself as a boy, "Sylvester." They are joined by amiable con man Jimmy Monkley, then, after a brief career in crime, meet Maudie Tilt, a giddy, sexy, Cockney housemaid who joins them in the new venture of entertaining at resort towns from a caravan. Amazingly, through all this nobody recognizes that Sylvia is not a boy--until she meets handsome artist Michael Fane, and drama intrudes on the comedy. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>Escaping to England from a French embezzlement charge, widower Henry Scarlett is accompanied by daughter Sylvia who, to avoid detection, disguises herself as a boy, "Sylvester." They are joined by amiable con man Jimmy Monkley, then, after a brief career in crime, meet Maudie Tilt, a giddy, sexy, Cockney housemaid who joins them in the new venture of entertaining at resort towns from a caravan. Amazingly, through all this nobody recognizes that Sylvia is not a boy--until she meets handsome artist Michael Fane, and drama intrudes on the comedy. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>