Margaret Hamilton should spend more time wielding her broom as Frank Morgan's housekeeper in this delightful drawing-room comedy than interfering and bossing her boss around. He's married to the beautiful Genevieve Tobin come back but their marriage is a bit staid. Involved in show business, he flirts with neighbor chorus girl Betty Grable, tries to get my secretary to go to a show with him and eventually spends a night on the town with an escort. Tobin herself isn't idle, going to New York City with a handsome Neil Hamilton who has fallen in love with her. Each of them have temptations, but there's a power of magic in their marriage that doesn't require a crystal ball or hot air balloon to bring them back together.
While Tobin is lovely and Neil Hamilton dashing, it's Morgan and Margaret Hamilton, the future costars of "The Wizard of Oz" (who unfortunately did not share a scene together in that classic) who play off of each other beautifully as the incredible pros they are, reunited four years later for a delightful single scene in "Saratoga". Miss Hamilton runs the household as if she owned it, and neither Morgan or Tobin stand up to her, making her hysterically funny with great lines involving a variety of subjects including astrology. She shares one scene with Grable, and was reunited with her 15 years later for two bit parts a few of Grable's big budgeted musicals.
Based upon a flop Broadway play, this transfers nicely to the screen and features combination of scenes that are poisonous and humorous and never dull. Morgan, a surprising leading man in films of the early thirties, we both need each other is very likable and you can see a bit of the disappearing nitwit that he would play in his various Oz characters. Smooth editing and great art direction makes this a lot of fun. A few scenes making light fun of the pending production code and somehow wittingly slam it without being caught.
While Tobin is lovely and Neil Hamilton dashing, it's Morgan and Margaret Hamilton, the future costars of "The Wizard of Oz" (who unfortunately did not share a scene together in that classic) who play off of each other beautifully as the incredible pros they are, reunited four years later for a delightful single scene in "Saratoga". Miss Hamilton runs the household as if she owned it, and neither Morgan or Tobin stand up to her, making her hysterically funny with great lines involving a variety of subjects including astrology. She shares one scene with Grable, and was reunited with her 15 years later for two bit parts a few of Grable's big budgeted musicals.
Based upon a flop Broadway play, this transfers nicely to the screen and features combination of scenes that are poisonous and humorous and never dull. Morgan, a surprising leading man in films of the early thirties, we both need each other is very likable and you can see a bit of the disappearing nitwit that he would play in his various Oz characters. Smooth editing and great art direction makes this a lot of fun. A few scenes making light fun of the pending production code and somehow wittingly slam it without being caught.