Based on a trivial play that barely had a run in the Big Apple, this stands out as a sophisticated comedy that reflects the period accurately and shows off the stars to best advantage. Harding is mad for Powell, but he's a Casanova with no intentions of uniting for any more than one
evening. They are having an affair, and she plans on her father catching them
in flagrante delicto in order to trap Powell into giving up his other amours. In the hands of different creators, this might have become a tawdry story, but Cromwell's direction of Murfin's screenplay is such that we are
presented with a woman who is not duplicitous. She really does love the wealthy Pow...
Released:
1933
Rated:
NR
Length:
70 mins