Lydia (1941)
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the past. In memory, each romance seemed splendid, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic.


A look into the whole cupid operation; we see how the process is supposed to work, with cupids practicing their archery, and the couples handed off to the stork. But there’s one particularly resistant couple (the man is a W.C. Fields caricature) who takes the whole crew to finally corral.

Bashful, fumbling Duke de Geese employs the romantic poet Cyrano de Snagglepuss to write poems and recite them under the balcony of Lady Lavendish. Snagglepuss succeeds far beyond his dreams --the lady on the balcony succumbs to his versification and leaps off into the arms of the Duke.

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the past. In memory, each romance seemed splendid, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic.
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