The film revolves around three roommates (Gaynor, Bennett, and Young) in exotic Budapest and their comical romantic adventures.

Tyrone Power and Loretta Young made such an impact in this movie that they were quickly paired by the studio in several more films, including Love Is News (1937), Cafe Metropole (1937), Second Honeymoon (1937), and Suez (1938).

Constance Bennett is generally acknowledged by critics as having the best role in the film,[citation needed] but her career went into a steep decline within a few years.

Top-billed Janet Gaynor elected to leave films a couple of years later while still at her height, shortly after A Star Is Born and The Young in Heart, in order to travel with her husband, Hollywood costume designer Adrian.

Three women move in together in Budapest: Martha, a necktie salesperson and part time bunny-feeder for Dr. Rudi Imre; Yoli, a callous denier of love; and Susie, a dancer and hopeless romantic.

Martha suggests they perform a ritual she heard about in which they count the corners of a room, sit down, and make a wish.

Susie wishes to "be independent of men", Yoli for "a rich husband", and Martha for "a good home, a man, and maybe children."

It is still a woman's film"[2] According to the Chicago Daily Tribune review, "The feminine element are glamorously portrayed by their four capable delineators.