Page Miss Glory: A fast-talking, slightly messy romp

Is this worth a watch?

If you like 1930s comedies that move at a million miles an hour and don’t care if the plot makes much sense, sure, give it a go. It’s definitely for people who enjoy watching actors like Patsy Kelly be delightfully sarcastic for an hour and a half. If you need your movies to have a coherent moral or a grounded reality, you’ll probably find this thing annoying as all get-out.

Marion Davies plays Loretta, a chambermaid who is essentially a blank slate until the plot forces her to become a sensation. She’s fine, but honestly, the supporting cast is where the real fun happens. Miss Hobbs had that same snappy, slightly cynical vibe, but here the stakes feel lower and more frantic.

Notes from the couch

• The pacing in the first act is genuinely dizzying. I had to rewind twice just to figure out who was trying to scam whom.
• There’s a moment with a hotel bellboy that goes on for a beat too long. It’s not funny, just sort of... there.
• The chemistry between the leads is fine, but it’s the side characters—the cynical reporters and the frantic hotel staff—that keep you from checking your phone.
• I swear some of these scenes were filmed on sets that had been used for at least three other movies that same week.

The whole thing is basically a giant exercise in people shouting over each other. It’s not sophisticated, and it’s not trying to be. Sometimes that’s enough, right? 🤷‍♂️

There is a weird bit of tension when the aviator character shows up. You can tell the movie is trying to make him look like this suave hero, but he just comes off as kind of pushy. It’s a bit awkward to watch now, almost 90 years later.

Anyway, it’s a breezy watch. Not a masterpiece, but it’s got a pulse. Just don’t think about the logic of the 'composite photo' too hard, or your brain might actually melt. It feels a bit like watching a frantic stage play that someone accidentally put a camera in front of.