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Here there be spoilers. I was looking through Wikipedia's list of films in the public domain in the United States, and this one starts with an 'A' so it came up pretty quickly. The movie predates the Hayes production code, and while it doesn't feature nudity, drugs or interracial dating the basic plot might not have made it past the censors, had there been any. Censors, that is. Although the movie isn't overly burdened with plot either. What plot there is goes as follows: Tom Collier (Leslie Howard) is a young man who runs an artsy printing press that keeps losing money. He gets engaged to Cecilia (Myrna Loy), and then his ex Daisy (Ann Harding) comes back from oversees and is all “Hey, kids are cute and I want to make one. Wanna be the dad? We could get married but, like, just temporarily.” and he's like “No, I've already got a fiancee.” Then Cecilia manipulates Tom into selling out to the point where he almost sells the press, but then he gets drunk, figures out that Cecilia's room

Soldier oh soldier will you marry me Oh no, fine maiden that never will be I've a wife back in London and children twice three Two wives and the army's too many for me Her mouth it hung open in shock and surprise Then fury ignited behind her bright eyes And he felt as surprised as she'd looked, I suppose When his sweet maiden drew back and smacked his fair nose Their passions ignited, they shouted their words And soon their quarrel scared off all the birds But I kept on walking that morning in spring For to find the quiet places where the nightingales sing