The trout fishing fiasco is the most hilarious scene in film history while the film itself, is the best comedy ever made. There, I've said it. The four superstars (the word "superstar" unknown 70 years ago)obviously are enjoying what they are doing to the point that their performances do not seem to be work at all -- this a phenomenon I have never seen before in over 70 years of movie-going.
One scene, overlooked by the other contributors here, I believe deserves kudos. That one is the ocean-liner trip where Powell duels verbally and unsuccessfully for the most part, with Loy.
The final hotel scene mayhem is wonderfully funny with all the stars' previous machinations useless in the face of the final marriage revelation which upsets all their plans. All they can do at this point, like a group of children, is blabber incoherently to Walter Connelly, who unable to hear anything, screams "Quiet, please!!" A fitting ending.
Watch for Dennis O'Keefe, later a star himself, in a short uncredited role as a barker at the charity bazaar.
Notice at the beginning of the film the four walking arm in arm, from left to right: Harlow, Powell, Loy and Tracy. Following the storyline, Harlow should have been linked with Tracy but with a real-life twosome of Powell and Harlow at the time, it is likely the wishes of these two "superstars" to be linked together prevailed over MGM's probably mild protests.
Another on the list of those "the likes of which we will never see again".
One scene, overlooked by the other contributors here, I believe deserves kudos. That one is the ocean-liner trip where Powell duels verbally and unsuccessfully for the most part, with Loy.
The final hotel scene mayhem is wonderfully funny with all the stars' previous machinations useless in the face of the final marriage revelation which upsets all their plans. All they can do at this point, like a group of children, is blabber incoherently to Walter Connelly, who unable to hear anything, screams "Quiet, please!!" A fitting ending.
Watch for Dennis O'Keefe, later a star himself, in a short uncredited role as a barker at the charity bazaar.
Notice at the beginning of the film the four walking arm in arm, from left to right: Harlow, Powell, Loy and Tracy. Following the storyline, Harlow should have been linked with Tracy but with a real-life twosome of Powell and Harlow at the time, it is likely the wishes of these two "superstars" to be linked together prevailed over MGM's probably mild protests.
Another on the list of those "the likes of which we will never see again".