Colman and William Hawks got together to start their own firm and made two failures, this and LUCKY PARTNERS, which should be proof that actors often don't know what's best for them. What might have been a frothy farce in another director's hands turns out to be flatter than last night's
champagne under Milestone. Based on a harebrained French play, the location of the story was switched from Venice, Italy, to California, and all the elan disappeared. Colman's costar was pert Lee, who looked young enough to be his daughter (and could have been as she was 25 years his junior) and
yet there was no mention of a May-December relationship. He's a successful publisher wh...
Released:
1941
Rated:
NR
Length:
78 mins