Directed by:
Herbert BrenonCinematography:
J. Roy HuntPlots(1)
Ethel Westcourt sits home night after night while her daughter, Kittens, is out with her friends and her husband is out with his girlfriend. At the urging of a friend, Ethel decides it's time that she goes out and enjoys life, too. While out with her friend, she encounters Jerry Naughton, who has a reputation as a womanizer and who has been the object of Kittens' affections. Ethel affects a French accent and gives another name when Jerry shows an interest in her. Ethel's intention in continuing to see Jerry is to protect her daughter from this scoundrel, however, he ends up falling in love with her and she with him. The situation is complicated when Kittens finds her mother at Jerry's apartment. To further complicate matters, Mr. Westcourt arrives on the scene, as well. After Kittens tells her father that she caught Jerry kissing her mother, Westcourt tells Ethel she is now free. Neither the husband nor Kittens knows that nothing had ever happened between the two before, and Ethel had already told Jerry they must never see each other again. When Ethel returns home to get her things before sailing to Europe. (official distributor synopsis)
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