Anna Sten, popular star of several Russian and German films before Samuel Goldwyn brought her to Hollywood, was at her youthful prime when she played The Girl with the Hatbox. In this charming comedy, she is given a supposedly worthless lottery ticket instead of her wages by an unscrupulous pair of shopkeepers. The ticket wins her a fortune, which she happily shares with the husband whom she only agreed to marry so that they might share a room during the Moscow housing shortage. Boris Barnet's first successful comedy moves with the speed of the American comedies of the period and makes lively use of locations.