Political kingmaker Joe Quinn (Walter Connally) attempts to elevate his daughter's ambitious suitor, George Willoughby (Reginald Denny), into the the higher echelons of politics by getting him elected to Congress. His daughter , Paula Quinn (Ida Lupino) is not interested in her father's hand-picked choice of Willoughby as her husband.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a thing for 1930s dialogue that moves at the speed of light. If you like classic comedies, you'll probably enjoy the breezy energy. If you need a movie with actual stakes or a plot that makes sense, you're going to hate it. It's the kind of film that disappears from you...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Alfred E. Green
Charley Chase
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a thing for 1930s dialogue that moves at the speed of light. If you like classic comedies, you'll probably enjoy the breezy energy. If you need a movie with actual stakes or a plot that makes sense, you're going to hate it. It's the kind of film that disappears from your brain the second the credits roll. Ida Lupino is honestly the only reason to sit through this. She carries an entire movie’s worth of personality on her shoulders while everyone..."
George Ernest
Ethel Hill, Albert Z. Carr, Manuel Seff, Lynn Starling
United States
