It's nice to see that a late 30's movie presented its leading female as a successful executive. In this case, it's Virginia Bruce (best known as the girl on the top of the cake in "A Pretty Girl is like a Melody" in "The Great Ziegfeld"), a partner with Warren William in producing Broadway shows. Her husband (Robert Montgomery) has to make an appointment to see her, to inform her that he's leaving on town to oversee begin the building of a ship he designed. Their arguments over this leads to them getting a divorce, but they must pretend to be married so her visiting uncle (Harry Davenport) who has a heart ailment won't have his health risked.
Silly, unbelievable story is a retread of so many romantic comedies made before, and only becomes moderately entertainment with the arrival of the loveable Davenport. William and actress Binnie Barnes are threats to their reconciling, but the audience already knows that this will be resolved, the question is just how. The typical MGM gloss is present and good character actors like Alan Dineheart and Nydia Westman (looking quite young for a change, not made up to be frumpy or older) aids in this having a few decent moments, but it's all too talky with no real character development and a formula that seems to have curdled in the bottle.
Silly, unbelievable story is a retread of so many romantic comedies made before, and only becomes moderately entertainment with the arrival of the loveable Davenport. William and actress Binnie Barnes are threats to their reconciling, but the audience already knows that this will be resolved, the question is just how. The typical MGM gloss is present and good character actors like Alan Dineheart and Nydia Westman (looking quite young for a change, not made up to be frumpy or older) aids in this having a few decent moments, but it's all too talky with no real character development and a formula that seems to have curdled in the bottle.