It seems every five minutes in this late screwball comedy that some well-known character turns up for an inconsequential part that has nothing really to do with the plot. The story involves married couple Ray Milland and Betty field, having marital issues over her desire to adopt a baby and the return of his former girlfriend, glamorous clothes horse Patricia Morrison. All sounds fine with the basic plot but issues concerning Milland's workplace, hard-nosed boss Charles Dingle, Fields' interfering mother Elizabeth Risdon and other assorted oddball characters makes far too much going on in the films rather short running time.
In addition to the actors I mention, there is Eugene Pallette as a gregarious businessman, Kathleen Lockhart as Dingle's shrew of a wife, and Anne Revere as Milan's domineering cook who does nothing but bray every line she is directed to say. The film is overly filled with gimmicks than actual story detail, culminating in a costume ball wear a drunken molland in a armored suit makes a fool of himself in the presence of society folk while the gorgeous Morison looks on in horror. it becomes obvious how this is going to conclude, making the nearly 80 minutes of running time quite pointless and the efforts to make this a consistently enjoyable comedy nearly impossible.
In addition to the actors I mention, there is Eugene Pallette as a gregarious businessman, Kathleen Lockhart as Dingle's shrew of a wife, and Anne Revere as Milan's domineering cook who does nothing but bray every line she is directed to say. The film is overly filled with gimmicks than actual story detail, culminating in a costume ball wear a drunken molland in a armored suit makes a fool of himself in the presence of society folk while the gorgeous Morison looks on in horror. it becomes obvious how this is going to conclude, making the nearly 80 minutes of running time quite pointless and the efforts to make this a consistently enjoyable comedy nearly impossible.