Peach O'Reno (1931)
8/10
Introducing the all-your-fault divorce.
8 February 2013
Warning: Spoilers
You'll get twice the bang for your buck with the law firm of Wattles and Swift (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) who not only will make sure you get a great alimony settlement, but some unforgettable entertainment as well. It doesn't matter that the husband of the woman they are representing is after them with a gun (Wheeler disguises himself in drag for that issue) or that the daughter is interested in him romantically as well. Wise-cracking Woolsey gets the dance of his life when he is whirled around by Wheeler in a fury and at one point seems to be a saw-dust dummy. The law office they work in closes for business and re-opens with the push of a button by book cases turning into liquor shelves, desks turning into roulette wheels and a whole bar coming out of the wall, already stocked with drinkers. The ultimate pre-code comedy with lots of sexual innuendo, "Peach O'Reno" may not be an accurate depiction of divorce, and with Wheeler and Woolsey, you may have a hangover afterwards, but it will certainly be fun filing for it.
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