A hair-dresser stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by success and the arrival of his old flame..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you’re a massive Carole Lombard fan. If you need a movie that holds together, you might want to skip this one. It’s the kind of 1930s drama that feels like it was written by five different people in separate rooms who weren't allowed to talk to each other. Lombard is doing heav...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you’re a massive Carole Lombard fan. If you need a movie that holds together, you might want to skip this one. It’s the kind of 1930s drama that feels like it was written by five different people in separate rooms who weren't allowed to talk to each other. Lombard is doing heavy lifting here. She’s got this effortless energy that makes you wish the camera would just stay on her face instead of cutting to Fred MacMurray’s trumpet solos. Speaking of which,..."
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