Buckley Joyce Thomas is the bellowing, ranting, go-getter, international correspondent of the Chicago Globe. He appears on the screen captured by Riffs; he is rescued by the French, to the accompaniment of bullets, and grumbling by the agent of the Times. He goes to Paris, is decorated, and leaves for Moscow with his employer's inamorata, a girl with a soul. There he tricks the members of other papers, sits with Stalin, and generally conducts the sensational journalism of which he is an advocate. He is encouraged by Kate, a newspaperwoman, who, rather obviously, really cares for him, and whom he does not appreciate. Eventually, he is discharged by his paper, for running off with the feminine impediments of his chief, and indulges in long recriminations. He succeeds, however, in having the head of GPU shot at by mistake, taking the bullet himself, and attempting to receive the credit. He is thrown into jail, but talks himself out, and leaves, reinstated by his paper, to marry Kate, of whose value he has finally become aware.

Lee Tracy, as the newspaperman arrant, is in his element, perhaps a bit too much so. Apparently, he has talked as loudly in the studio as in the picture, with the result that some of the minor roles, notably that of Kate, are neglected. Exceedingly competent acting on the part of James Gleason, who plays Lefty, Thomas' assistant, and on the part of Una Merkel, who portrays the fickle femininity of the story, is enough to save the rather weak plot and the overemphasis on Mr. Tracy. The photography contains nothing unusual, except for the introduction of a former Pathe News version of Soviets parading. In general, the picture leaves an impression of a rather taut young man who talks unendingly, and of a succession of pretty girls. It is entertaining.

"Woman Accused," the other offering at the theatre, is another, one of those productions which takes place in apartments, furnished in the modern manner, with large numbers of handsome young women. Nancy Carroll, the star, overacts in her usual manner. She kills a lover, and goes on a three day cruise with her husband-to-be, played by Cary Grant. Naturally, everything comes out all right, and the train of love drags weightily throughout the performance. Irving Pichell and John Halliday enliven the rendition with excellent acting.