The 1930s gave birth to a hybrid type of film which blended comedy and mystery with a certain type of glamour. Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray have fun in this splendid example of the genre fans will enjoy. Based on a story by Philip MacDonald adapted from a novel, there are many amusing moments as the irreverent and lovely Lombard spoofs Garbo. The versatile Fred MacMurray matches her as a smitten concertina player trying to protect her when things go south.

Lombard is Wanda Nash of Brooklyn, posing as a Swedish Princess, Olga. She’s heading for Hollywood by ocean liner to star in a film for Transcontinental Pictures. Alison Skipworth is her traveling companion, Lady Gertrude. A cabin mix-up has them meeting concertina player King Mantell (MacMurray) and his pal William Frawley, of I Love Lucy fame. There is an instant attraction between the two, but Lady Gertrude is afraid Wanda will slip up and ruin the charade if she and Mantell hook up. As she explains to Wanda: “No good ever comes from a concertina squeezer!”

An escaped murderer who is a master of disguise is on board the ship, but luckily for the captain, an international convention of police detectives, which includes Mischa Auer as a Russian cop, is along on the cruise as well. When a slimy blackmailer named Darcy ends up dead in Wanda’s cabin, the vulnerable Princess turns to King Mantell and his pal to get her out of the jam. King, on the verge of big success but with a bit of a shady past, throws caution to the wind.

Can any good come from a concertina player? It’s fun to find out in this somewhat tame but still very entertaining film. The sets are delicious and so is Lombard. The camera shows off her beauty while the story gives the down-to-earth Lombard a chance to poke a little good-natured fun at the `nose up in the air' variety of prestige star popular during the 1930s. A fun little film.… (mere)

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Matt_Ransom | Nov 22, 2023 |

Love Crazy af Jack Conway

A man pretends to be crazy so his wife can't divorce him.

2.5/4 (Okay).

It's delightful when Powell and Loy are in a scene together, but that happens oddly little. Meanwhile the story of Misunderstandings With Serious Consequences induces enough anxiety to mar the fun.

(May 2021)

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comfypants | May 9, 2021 |

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Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an unscrupulous womanizing poet, who gives her the attention she craves. She eventually finds herself a victim of blackmail and becomes involved in his murder. When another woman is accused of the crime, she begs her husband to defend her. Written by duke1029 (IMDb)

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