Fred Macmurray and Claudette Colbert have to be one of the best screen pairings of all time. This is their first film together and the first time Fred got second billing in a film and was the co-lead of the film. Fred is a natural. He was so smooth in the film. Fred and Claudette are friends and meet every week at a park bench. Fred plays a reporter who helps Claudette with romancing an English Nobleman played by Ray Milland. They fall in love. Then he leaves and she finds out he was engaged already. Fred starts writing stories about her as the "No Girl" who refused his nobility. She becomes famous for it. Ray Milland returns and they patch things up and are serious again. Fred has found out he has fallen in love with her too. He is going to step out of the way and leave them to be happy. Both of them realize they need each other and they meet up at their meeting place in the end and embrace and kiss. This is just a wonderful film and had the ending I wanted. I would say the 1940's are my favorite decade for films. There were so many good ones. The 1930's also had many great films. The Gilded Lily and It Happened One Night are two classics from 1934.
Review of The Gilded Lily
The Gilded Lily
(1935)
Fred Macmurray and Claudette Colbert shine brighlty in their first teaming
24 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers