This amiable dramatic comedy could have been mired in suds in another director's hands, but Cromwell chose to emphasize the lightness instead. Lombard proved here that she could move audiences with her dramatic prowess as well as she could make them laugh with her comedic skills. She and
Stewart are just married and climb aboard an ocean liner for their honeymoon. He is an attorney, and his boss, the somewhat deaf Coburn, calls him back to try a case. Watson, Stewart's mother, is annoyed that her son has rushed into marriage with Lombard. Coburn would have liked it if Stewart had
married his daughter, Weston. That failing, Weston marries another lawyer in the firm,...
Released:
1939
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins