Tiffany was a production company formed in 1922 by Mae Murray (then at the height of her popularity) and her husband Robert Z. Leonard (a first class director). They released their films ("Peacock Alley" (1922), "Jazzmania" (1923), "Fashion Row" (1923))through Tiffany, but when they divorced the company quickly descended to poverty row. Because Tiffany purchased Reliance-Majestic in 1927 it was one of the few to have it's own studio. Among the highlights were "Mamba" (1930) - the first full Technicolor drama and Bela Lugosi's "The Death Kiss" (1932) released just before the company folded. June Collyer wasn't a big star but her exquisite beauty always made any movie she was in worth watching. She filmed this between two operettas - "Sweet Kitty Belairs", about a flirtatious young girl (Claudia Dell) in the Regency period and "Kiss Me Again" with the charming Bernice Claire as Mlle. Fifi.
1930 was a busy year for June. This film gave her a chance at a starring role. Trying to appeal to the "smart set" - especially women, it posed the question - just how far would you go for a new sable coat??? The movie begins with the marriage of Alice, the darling of her social set and Fred (Lloyd Hughes). A year later Alice is still living the high life - parties and shows, getting in at 3 in the morning but Fred is working his heart out trying to save his floundering business and to keep afloat of his wife's bills!!! He complains to Jim of his wife's extravagance - Jim in turn says that his wife, Esther (Dorothy Christy) is so economical she can make his pay packet stretch!! She has a secret - she really has a lover, a sleazy stock-broker, Morrell (Jameson Thomas) who for a price gives her whatever she desires - including a sable coat. Morrell soon makes Alice's acquaintance when he joins the pair for lunch. When Alice has to go to a party alone (Fred has to go back to the office) Morrell is there also and advises her to put her winnings (she has just won over $2,000 in a game of bridge) with him and he will invest it - "you can't lose". He turns her investment into $32,000!!! She instantly thinks - sable coat!!! Selfishly she doesn't think of giving her husband any for his sinking business!!! Morrell has a reputation as a sleazy ladies man and Fred accidentally finds out that Alice is seeing him. They have a fearful row - Alice storms out, with her sable coat and into the divorce court. She stays with her mother but finds out that Fred has been sending her mother a monthly cheque - the family is impoverished as it tried to keep Alice in the luxuries she expected as her right. There are some melodramatics at the end but everything works out.
June Collyer, looking as always like a million dollars, played extravagant Alice. Lloyd Hughes was a handsome but colourless leading man in both silents ("Ella Cinders" (1926)) and sound films - he played Fred. Owen Moore who had been in films from the earliest days and was Mary Pickford's first husband, played Jim. Jameson Thomas played Morrell. He was a British actor - "Extravagance" was his first American movie - and he usually played villains or weak husbands.
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1930 was a busy year for June. This film gave her a chance at a starring role. Trying to appeal to the "smart set" - especially women, it posed the question - just how far would you go for a new sable coat??? The movie begins with the marriage of Alice, the darling of her social set and Fred (Lloyd Hughes). A year later Alice is still living the high life - parties and shows, getting in at 3 in the morning but Fred is working his heart out trying to save his floundering business and to keep afloat of his wife's bills!!! He complains to Jim of his wife's extravagance - Jim in turn says that his wife, Esther (Dorothy Christy) is so economical she can make his pay packet stretch!! She has a secret - she really has a lover, a sleazy stock-broker, Morrell (Jameson Thomas) who for a price gives her whatever she desires - including a sable coat. Morrell soon makes Alice's acquaintance when he joins the pair for lunch. When Alice has to go to a party alone (Fred has to go back to the office) Morrell is there also and advises her to put her winnings (she has just won over $2,000 in a game of bridge) with him and he will invest it - "you can't lose". He turns her investment into $32,000!!! She instantly thinks - sable coat!!! Selfishly she doesn't think of giving her husband any for his sinking business!!! Morrell has a reputation as a sleazy ladies man and Fred accidentally finds out that Alice is seeing him. They have a fearful row - Alice storms out, with her sable coat and into the divorce court. She stays with her mother but finds out that Fred has been sending her mother a monthly cheque - the family is impoverished as it tried to keep Alice in the luxuries she expected as her right. There are some melodramatics at the end but everything works out.
June Collyer, looking as always like a million dollars, played extravagant Alice. Lloyd Hughes was a handsome but colourless leading man in both silents ("Ella Cinders" (1926)) and sound films - he played Fred. Owen Moore who had been in films from the earliest days and was Mary Pickford's first husband, played Jim. Jameson Thomas played Morrell. He was a British actor - "Extravagance" was his first American movie - and he usually played villains or weak husbands.
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