Sylvia Scarlett 1935 Escaping to England from a French embezzlement charge, widower Henry Scarlett is accompanied by daughter Sylvia who, to avoid detection, disguises herself as a boy, Sylvester They are joined by amiable con man Jimmy Monkley, then, after a brief career in crime, meet Maudie Tilt, a giddy, sexy Cockney housemaid who joins them in the new venture of entertaining at resort towns from a caravan Through all this, amazingly no one recognizes that Sylvia is not a boy until she meets handsome artist Michael Fane, and drama intrudes on the comedy