What Fools Men (1925)

Joseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a primandproper secretary Jenny McFarlan who takes dictation during working hours and at night minus her eyeglasses serves as his nightclub companion and mistress Then his daughterBeatrice whom he has never seen shows up and moves in with him Beatrice is a grownup flapper who loves jazz pool parties flaunting prohibition and carryingon in general Most of her carryingon is with the family chauffeur and her father does not approve says so and fires the chauffeur His parentalguidance technique backfires as Beatrice ups and elopes with the chauffeur Later the father has some problems with his business associates and loses his business and most of his fixtures and disappears But Beatrice locates him and there is a happy reunion between father and daughter especially since daughter has brought along Jenny to cheer him up