The "share-the-wealth" philosophy was certainly gratifying to Depression-Era audiences.The simple plot is a comedy about an innocent, common-sense populist (and tuba player), Longfellow Deeds from Mandrake Falls, Vermont - a newly-made multimillionaire with $20 million, who immediately encounters conflict in the foreign, alien and heartless environment of the city and struggles to maintain his integrity against lunacy, he establishment, and those who try to prevent him from giving away his wealth.A ferry boat approaches an unnamed, ambiguous location [the village was filmed by Lake Arrowhead, California] - probably a European country during the early years of the 20th century.Raven tried to seduce Erik by enticing him naked in his bed - but he rejected her false self and convinced her to accept her mutant self:"I prefer the real Raven.You play your cards right and you""ll never have o worry about money again." Playing matchmaker, he introduces her to Ted Sheldon (Rod La Rocque), his handsome "Casanova" nephew.The attacks are mysteriously related to the mother and son relationship in the film - anger (and fears of abandonment or being left lonely) of the jealous, initially hostile mother come o the surface when her bachelor son brings home an attractive young woman.