"Vilma Banky's first talkie, oddly enough, is chiefly notable for the fact that it is Sam Goldwyn's best exploitation to date of his blonde importation's pictorial beauty. Vilma has never, even in her most elaborate period costumes, looked more lovely than she does in the simple modern garments she wears here. Nor has she ever done so much really good acting, cutting down on her camera tricks and putting the greatest sincerity into her work. No insignificant feather is to be placed in the cap of Al Santell for inspiring La Banky what is far and away her best performance yet. Vilma's talking is done with a cute Hungarian accent which is quite charming, and it is certainly a disappointment when she starts speaking sub-titles - and they for some reason, all written out in perfect English. After we've said this much, we've said everything. We can't hand the story much; it's just a long-drawn-out version of "Cinderella", with Jimmy Hall as an estimable but hardly a romantic fairy prince."

From Motion Picture, July 1929.

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