While this certainly is a preposterous example of how ridiculous some screwball comedy plots can be, what is amazing about it is how entertaining and fast-moving it is. To save his job as a department store clerk, Kent Taylor arranges to become married to Wendy Barrie whom he is unaware is the daughter of the department store owner, George Barbier. Everybody in the store knows except Taylor and when the truth explodes, the deception threatens to ruin the marriage, and even worse, take away the baby that they adopted and got custody of for a year.
A charming cast and fluffy screenplay helps this move along with Barrie and Taylor an enchanting couple and Barbier a delightful old rascal from the "Charles Coburn School of Rascalism". Charles Lane as Taylor's condescending boss and Cecil Cunningham as Lane's imperious wife are very funny, with Lane getting more footage than he normally gets in a movie as he tries to discredit Taylor every chance he gets. Thurston Hall is also very funny as a rival department store owner, spoofing the Macy's/Gimbles feud. Similarities to the cult British comedy TV series "Are You Being Served?" are obvious.
A charming cast and fluffy screenplay helps this move along with Barrie and Taylor an enchanting couple and Barbier a delightful old rascal from the "Charles Coburn School of Rascalism". Charles Lane as Taylor's condescending boss and Cecil Cunningham as Lane's imperious wife are very funny, with Lane getting more footage than he normally gets in a movie as he tries to discredit Taylor every chance he gets. Thurston Hall is also very funny as a rival department store owner, spoofing the Macy's/Gimbles feud. Similarities to the cult British comedy TV series "Are You Being Served?" are obvious.