But what SHE (Ann Sothern) does have is a very funny supporting cast (Victor Moore and Helen Broderick), a dependable leading man (Gene Raymond) and surprisingly, a decent script. For a "B" film, that's the equivalent of having George Cukor as your director and Oscar Considertion for Best Bottom of a Double Bill. Utilizing standing sets from "Bringing Up Baby", "Vivacious Lady" and "Carefree", "She's Got Everything" has an "A" look on a "B" budget. The plot, concerning a broke heiress determined to work for a living, is nothing new, but it has a perky, yet un-annoying heroine, handsome leading man, and the benefit of funny people Helen Broderick and Victor Moore in one of several films they did together. I've seen some really rotten "B" films that claim to be comedies, but this one can actually live up to its claim.
It all starts with the removal of Sothern's mansion's belongings (while she sleeps), unaware that her father was broke and that the creditors are up in arms about what the estate owes them. Three of the creditors scheme with Moore to find Sothern a wealthy husband so they can be paid, and Moore arranges for the coffee-hating Sothern to become coffee king Raymond's secretary. Of course, something more than java is brewing, and before long, they are off on a holiday at an expensive resort where the creditors spy on Moore to make sure that romance is blooming as he promised. Sothern gets to sing, rather pleasantly, if slightly shrill, but her formerly rich heroine is quite likable. As in their two films opposite Astaire and Rogers, Moore and Broderick are an adorable twosome, and would get their own two "B" films to star in the very same year. I still can't get the sound of Broderick repeating "Fuller Dear!" out of my head in the scene where she is in a trance.
There's plenty of amusing moments, including one of the male creditors being identified as a female dress designer, frustrated Billy Gilbert as one of the other creditors brutalizing the English language, and several scenes with a magician who tricks Moore out of a cocktail, then after putting Broderick in a trance, tries hysterically to wake her up. Sure, there's not a shred of reality to be found, but in the golden age of screwball comedy, all late depression era audiences wanted was a chance to escape into the glitz and glamor of a world even wealthy Americans dreamt of.
It all starts with the removal of Sothern's mansion's belongings (while she sleeps), unaware that her father was broke and that the creditors are up in arms about what the estate owes them. Three of the creditors scheme with Moore to find Sothern a wealthy husband so they can be paid, and Moore arranges for the coffee-hating Sothern to become coffee king Raymond's secretary. Of course, something more than java is brewing, and before long, they are off on a holiday at an expensive resort where the creditors spy on Moore to make sure that romance is blooming as he promised. Sothern gets to sing, rather pleasantly, if slightly shrill, but her formerly rich heroine is quite likable. As in their two films opposite Astaire and Rogers, Moore and Broderick are an adorable twosome, and would get their own two "B" films to star in the very same year. I still can't get the sound of Broderick repeating "Fuller Dear!" out of my head in the scene where she is in a trance.
There's plenty of amusing moments, including one of the male creditors being identified as a female dress designer, frustrated Billy Gilbert as one of the other creditors brutalizing the English language, and several scenes with a magician who tricks Moore out of a cocktail, then after putting Broderick in a trance, tries hysterically to wake her up. Sure, there's not a shred of reality to be found, but in the golden age of screwball comedy, all late depression era audiences wanted was a chance to escape into the glitz and glamor of a world even wealthy Americans dreamt of.