Viennese banker and baron Warren William fires stenographer Mary Doran and hires her as one of his numerous girl friends. He plans on only male secretaries to avoid distraction, but Marian Marsh creeps into his office in a ridiculous hat and efficient manner. At least until they go to Paris.
Miss Marsh' manner of speaking reminds me of a telegraph key, and I find it annoying, but that's clearly part of the plan by director Roy Del Ruth to take the staccato dialogue direction at Warner Brothers and speed it up. That's probably why, while most Warners urban comedies times in at slightly north of 75 minutes, this is a crisp 66. Slow Miss Marsh to the speaking rate of, say, Glenda Farrell, and that's ten minutes right there. Charles Butterworth has some good lines and almost dances the tango; Frederick Kerr is an elderly rake and partner at the bank, and David Manners is there because he's under contract to the studio. With Robert Greig, Lilian Bond, and Yola D'Avril in a bath tub.
Miss Marsh' manner of speaking reminds me of a telegraph key, and I find it annoying, but that's clearly part of the plan by director Roy Del Ruth to take the staccato dialogue direction at Warner Brothers and speed it up. That's probably why, while most Warners urban comedies times in at slightly north of 75 minutes, this is a crisp 66. Slow Miss Marsh to the speaking rate of, say, Glenda Farrell, and that's ten minutes right there. Charles Butterworth has some good lines and almost dances the tango; Frederick Kerr is an elderly rake and partner at the bank, and David Manners is there because he's under contract to the studio. With Robert Greig, Lilian Bond, and Yola D'Avril in a bath tub.