Hoping to coattail on, or compete with, the successful comic murder mystery antics of Nick and Norah Charles, other studios tried to fit other couples into the mold. None came close. This effort is particularly emblematic of how hard it was to make the magic elsewhere. This series tried three sets of stars in the characters of the Sloanes in two years (1938-39), starting four years after The Thin Man" set the pace. Nobody came close to catching up.
This is a typically frenetic, periodically amusing, bit of fluff. It's reasonably entertaining, especially if you haven't seen The Masters of the genre.
This is a typically frenetic, periodically amusing, bit of fluff. It's reasonably entertaining, especially if you haven't seen The Masters of the genre.