In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.
At the start of World War II, Katie O'Hara, an American burlesque girl intent on social climbing, marries Austrian Baron Von Luber. Pat O'Toole, an American radio reporter, sees this as a chance to investigate Von Luber, who is suspected of having Nazi ties. As country after country falls to the Germans, O'Toole follows O'Hara across Europe. At first he is after a story, but he gradually falls in love with her. When she learns that her husband is indeed a Nazi, O'Hara fakes her death and runs off with O'Toole. In Paris, she is recruited to spy for the Allies; he uses a radio broadcast to make Von Luber and the Germans look like fools.—John Oswalt <[email protected]>
1938. Based in Vienna, Austrian Baron Franz Von Luber and old money Philadelphia socialite Katherine Butt-Smith (pronounced Bute-Smith) get married in Prague, before heading off on an around the continent honeymoon. American radio broadcaster Patrick O'Toole, also currently based in Vienna as a correspondent, is assigned by his boss Ed Cumberland to discover the truth about Von Luber, who Ed is certain is not only a Nazi sympathizer, but is strategically placed within Adolf Hitler's regime. Indeed, the honeymoon is only a guise for Von Luber to pave the way in those locations where he and the baroness will be traveling like Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, and France for the Germans to overtake those countries. Unable to get to Von Luber directly, Pat decides to get his story through the baroness instead. In meeting the baroness, Pat is amazed by her resemblance to a burlesque queen he saw perform in Brooklyn named Kathie O'Hara. Indeed, the baroness is said Kathie O'Hara, a social climber trying to put her burlesque life behind her. In falling for the baroness, Pat tries to rescue her from her marriage to Von Luber, and she begins to believe the stories about her husband. In Kathie falling for Pat too, they have to decide how best to save themselves for that happily ever after against what good they can be in thwarting Von Luber's plans.—Huggo
Katherine Butt-Smith, a Brooklyn-born gold digger, finally gets a catch and is about to marry a baron. The only trouble is, her baron is working for Hitler, helping to infiltrate European countries through "goodwill" tours.
Reporter Patrick O'Toole has been trying to gather information for a story on the baron. Meeting Kathie, disguised as a dressmaker, Patrick is intrigued by Kathie's beauty and her complete ignorance and disregard for politics.
The baron and baroness go on their honeymoon, and Patrick follows their trail - as every country the baron's goes to seems to fall to the Germans.
In Warsaw, Kathie has a rude awakening: her husband is arrested. Patrick tells her about the dark side of the baron, and her Jewish maid Anna had her children hiding in her hotel room, fearing that they will be arrested and sent to concentration camps. Kathie gives her passport to Anna to help them escape, and Patrick loses his passport in a fire. The two are about to head for the American embassy when they are arrested by the Gestapo - Kathie is carrying Anna's passport.
The mix-up is sorted out by the American embassy just in time, and Patrick and Kathie are on their way back to the States. When they are in Paris waiting for the next ship, Kathie meets Gaston Le Blanc, a double agent posing as a photographer specializing in passport photos. Gaston manages to appeal to Kathie's patriotism and she agrees to sacrifice her love for Patrick and return to the baron.
As Patrick sits in a café, drinking away the misery of the mysterious disappearance of Kathie, he meets the baron and is offered the job of announcer for Hitler's propaganda broadcast to the US. Patrick decides to play the typical money-hungry American and take the job after he realizes that Kathie's gone back to the baron. Le Blanc happens to be tailing the baron at the time and tells Patrick about Kathie becoming a spy.
Kathie is not good at espionage and is being watched. After her secret rendezvous with Le Blanc, he is killed and she is arrested. As a courtesy to the baron, Kathie is brought back to the hotel to change before questioning. Anna, now working at the same hotel, comes to Kathie's rescue. She switches clothes with Anna and goes to find Patrick as Le Blanc instructed, who is preparing to start the live broadcast.
Using innuendos and casually misplaced words, Patrick manages to have the baron arrested for treason. He and Kathie promptly quit the spy business and head for home.
On board the ship, Patrick is shocked when a trembling Kathie tells him that the baron was on board as well, and that she's just pushed him overboard. Having confirmed that Kathie got her divorce and the baron couldn't swim, the captain brings the ship about and halts the rescue attempt.
