La història, en resum, parla del baró Chevrial, tot el seu interès per la vida se centra en les dones i la seva única gran afició, la censura de la bellesa femenina.
Rich wastrel Baron Chevrial fritters his days and nights away pursuing a series of young lovelies and playing with their affections. He is smitten with the charms of Rosa, dancer of the Opera Comique, but marries the prominent Therese Bea...