Mary Astor returns from Europe to find husband Robert Ames enamored of Noel Francis. So she invites the *ahem* lady to her country home to size up the opposition. English nobleman John Halliday, who took a fancy to Miss Astor aboardship shows up to plead his case.
Some pre-code movies make the case that the times they are a-changing, and we must change with them. Some of them argue that marriage, like every humor endeavor, requires work to make it work, and this is one of them. Director Gregory La Cava keeps a light hand on the tiller and lets the audience see the wheels turning to let us know that everything is going to turn out all right, as the supporting cast drops away to leave the central characters to hold the screen alone. In the end, though, the struggle takes place within Ames alone. With Edward Everett Horton.
Some pre-code movies make the case that the times they are a-changing, and we must change with them. Some of them argue that marriage, like every humor endeavor, requires work to make it work, and this is one of them. Director Gregory La Cava keeps a light hand on the tiller and lets the audience see the wheels turning to let us know that everything is going to turn out all right, as the supporting cast drops away to leave the central characters to hold the screen alone. In the end, though, the struggle takes place within Ames alone. With Edward Everett Horton.