Is this a great film? Not at all, its very much low budget, and very short. Obviously the main reason people want to watch is because of John Wayne (Dick Wallace), and although he does not get top billing (Evalyn Knapp (Marion Hall) does), he is in the movie far more then she is. It is strange seeing 'The Duke' in a suit (although he was in his next movie 'Baby Face'(and later films like 'Brannigan')), but a tux? that is different. Spoilers ahead: Dick is a womanizer/playboy millionaire who refuses to go to work for his father (Reginald Barlow), and meets and eventually marries Marion. Of course, his father thinks she is a gold digger and cuts them off. She decides to go to work for her father in law as a secretary to prove that she is not that. Of course, she is very good and he likes her work, the problem is Dick refuses to give up his partying and loses Marion. Eventually Dick decides to do nothing but work and both he and his father are not happy. In an ending very much like 'Angel And The Badman' he gives up his drinking and womanizing and settles down with Marion. Interesting enough, Marion is the granddaughter of a Minister, while Penelope Worth (Gail Russell) is a Quaker girl. Of course, 'Angel And The Badman' is a better movie and Gail Russell was much hotter then Evalyn Knapp.
I thought Evalyn, was the better of the two. I just saw her in 'Sinners Holiday' and 'The Millionaire' where interesting enough she was a millionaire who was quickly landed by someone (Bill Merrick (David Manners)) who was middle class like she is here. I also think that like Merrick in 'The Millionaire' she will work for the father (he said about her '"She is the first woman I like since your mother"), and bring more happiness to the office. One more point: In 'The Millionaire' Merrick Co-Owned a Gas Station while Dick owned one himself.
Evalyn whose career faded after 'High Pressure' (With William Powell) a year earlier did have a long and happy marriage, so she ended up better then the ill fated Gail Russell, and at least she can say she worked with three legends: Wayne, Powell, and as her brother in 'Sinners Holiday: James Cagney. 5/10 stars. Mostly for Knapp.
I thought Evalyn, was the better of the two. I just saw her in 'Sinners Holiday' and 'The Millionaire' where interesting enough she was a millionaire who was quickly landed by someone (Bill Merrick (David Manners)) who was middle class like she is here. I also think that like Merrick in 'The Millionaire' she will work for the father (he said about her '"She is the first woman I like since your mother"), and bring more happiness to the office. One more point: In 'The Millionaire' Merrick Co-Owned a Gas Station while Dick owned one himself.
Evalyn whose career faded after 'High Pressure' (With William Powell) a year earlier did have a long and happy marriage, so she ended up better then the ill fated Gail Russell, and at least she can say she worked with three legends: Wayne, Powell, and as her brother in 'Sinners Holiday: James Cagney. 5/10 stars. Mostly for Knapp.