In Paris, a young American is in debt to a nightclub owner who forces him to woo an heiress in hopes of reaping her fortune.

Victor Lobard, the smooth and nimble owner of the Café Metropole in Paris, has only 10 days to replace a small fortune he embezzled from the business; he and a clerk face prison if he fails. He thinks he's won the money at a casino, then learns he's in possession of a rubber check written by Alexander Brown, a well-mannered but penniless Yank. Lobard cooks up a scheme to have Brown pretend to be a Russian prince, woo a visiting American, and get her rich father to give Brown the money Lobard needs. Several problems: Brown's not a very good impostor, a real Russian prince presents himself, and the two young people fall in love. Does prison await or do wild strawberries?—<[email protected]>