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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

Stratton's café is a popular place with the people of Cottonia, a wealthy cotton town on the banks of the Mississippi, installs flood-proof doors as a safeguard against an overflow of the river; when a flood comes, it appears that the entire town will be submerged. Trapped in Stratton's cafe, amongst others, are Billy Bear, a young broker, and Poppy, a chorus girl with whom he has been in love.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Richard Dix
Bill Bear

Helene Chadwick
Poppy

James Kirkwood
O'Neill

John Steppling
Swift

Ralph Lewis
Fraser
Howard Davies
Sharpe

Will Walling
Stratton

William Orlamond
Nordling
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Frank Lloyd directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
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Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
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