The early to mid-1930s was a bizarre time in Hollywood. Although about a quarter of the population was out of work due to the Great Depression, a long string of films about rich society people poured out of the studios. While this is a bit understandable, films like this one are a bit harder to understand. After all, the film is about a very spoiled rich brat and his hard life of partying! People watching this must have been angry at the contemptible sort of persons played by Gene Raymond and his friends in this film. They were lazy and self-centered.
The film begins with the rich playboy, Raymond, bringing home a girl (Carole Lombard) to meet his family. They are far less than thrilled, as she's a 'common woman'--not the sort of society lady they'd envisioned for their spoiled brat. However, something odd occurs after the two are married--it turns out that Lombard is simply too good for the guy! His entire life is made up of drinking, carousing, partying and drinking...as well as drinking. She wants to settle down to a quiet married life...and his family and friends seem to do everything they can to keep Raymond weak and ineffectual. And as for Raymond, he seems to have no will of his own--and does whatever his dopey friends suggest--even if it might mean losing his wife. Will they work this out and have Carole come to respect her husband or will he remain a dissolute idiot? Tune in and see.
This is a pretty good film--mostly because although it is about rich folks, there is a nice moral lesson here about responsibility and what a marriage really is. Good acting and direction also help make this one worth seeing.
The film begins with the rich playboy, Raymond, bringing home a girl (Carole Lombard) to meet his family. They are far less than thrilled, as she's a 'common woman'--not the sort of society lady they'd envisioned for their spoiled brat. However, something odd occurs after the two are married--it turns out that Lombard is simply too good for the guy! His entire life is made up of drinking, carousing, partying and drinking...as well as drinking. She wants to settle down to a quiet married life...and his family and friends seem to do everything they can to keep Raymond weak and ineffectual. And as for Raymond, he seems to have no will of his own--and does whatever his dopey friends suggest--even if it might mean losing his wife. Will they work this out and have Carole come to respect her husband or will he remain a dissolute idiot? Tune in and see.
This is a pretty good film--mostly because although it is about rich folks, there is a nice moral lesson here about responsibility and what a marriage really is. Good acting and direction also help make this one worth seeing.