Maurice Dekobra

Josephine plays Papitou, a free-spirited, animal-loving native girl who falls in love with Andre, a sophisticated young man who has been sent to the Parisian Antilles as a prospector. She is unaware that he is betrothed to another, or that his work assignment is actually a perilous ruse concocted by his scheming boss. As the truth becomes known, Papitou finds herself pursuing Andre back to Paris, where fate intervenes.

A book is sent to the publishers under the name of "Danges", a popular writer, long believed to be dead. The real "Danges" turns up & meets the new authoress using his name. (imdb)

Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.

A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger,sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den.The proprietor,s daughter, whom a visiting journalist tries to help, doesn't know the sordid business her father is involved with.

The main occupation of the beautiful Lady Diana Winham is to travel through Europe in luxury trains. She also owns a uranium mine that is of interest to many people.

Ralph, the son of a wealthy banker, meets young Mimi, a modest student, at a masked ball. They fall in love. Ralph decides not to reveal his real status to Mimi by posing as a poor painter instead. They both live happily in the Latin Quarter, often in the company of their gang of friends. Until one day a Russian princess appears. The temptress has no trouble seducing Ralph. Mimi is devastated.