Danielle Darrieux is "Nicole".. trying to get a job in a model agency. (This seems to be about the first film Darrieux did in the US... her earlier films were in France. ) The awesome Helen Broderick is in here as Nicole's roommate "Gloria". Broderick was so amazing as the sarcastic, married best-friend in all the 1930s films, like Top Hat. Then up pops Doug Fairbanks as "Jim", who had known Nicole before, and might spoil everything. There's a funny scene where the head waiter (Mischa Auer) double-talks into the menu as he works in a conversation with Gloria while talking about the nightly specials. This is just "okay". a long, boring scene with the butler, while she does a few magic tricks. the plot kind of goes all over the place, and doesn't flow as smoothly as most of the films from this period. the whole second half is just annoying. Shows on Moonlight Movies channel, if you really want to see it. A disappointment, since i usually enjoy films with Broderick and Fairbanks. Directed by Henry Koster, who had worked with many greats.
Review of The Rage of Paris
