Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

What begins as a self-described "commonplace situation" tries to turn into a murder mystery, but does not really play fair: there are clues that are kept hidden from the audience until the final scene. William Powell and Myrna Loy have that palpable chemistry that made them such an enduring screen pair, Una Merkel is a joy as Loy's gal pal, and Isabel Jewell acts up a storm in the climactic sequence. The production has the typical MGM polish. **1/2 out of 4.

Very episodic, overwrought drama with Myrna Loy succumbing to the overacting bug at times and Bill Powell rather stiff. They were always a great team but seem off their game here perhaps the mediocrity of the script failed to inspire their best work. The best performances come from the supporting players. Isabel Jewell is good as a wronged woman but without question Una Merkel steals the picture single handedly saving this from total soap opera with her terrific wisecracking. Rosalind Russell made her film debut here but is wasted as a devious society harlot. Even with its brief running time the film trudges along at a deadly dull pace making it seem interminable. The ending is too precious for words.

I like Myrna Loy, so I watched this today on tape. Mostly good acting, except for the child, who was insufferable to me...I had to fast forward through those parts, but I hardly ever can bear child actors; still, she was especially grating.The story was good...but as with so many of these films from the 30's and 40's, I only enjoy about the first 80% due to the way they were forced to wrap them up. The ending here was a little more creative than some others, but still awfully pat.The one outfit worn by Una Merkel was just too much, the white with the black wing collar-thing...I couldn't stop looking at it, so missed the whole scene pretty much. Wow that was a scene stealer. Surprised Myrna let her get away with that.

Besides the obvious factors of a great cast of that era, a great writer of women's films and how the writers, director and actors were able to tell all without showing it all - leaving much to the imagination, one of the great surprises of this film is a short scene in a nightclub where two male dancers, one white and one black, do a lovely tap dance number. This is one of the first integrated dance sequences in a white nightclub I remember seeing on film.If anyone has more information about the dancers, and the history of this scene, i would be delighted to hear more about it! What a huge surprise.And you may know that Rosalind Russell is in the film, her film debut and she is great as ever, with the camera loving her. She would soon go on to greater film roles like her comedy with Cary Grant, that classic, My Girl Friday.The set designs are wonderful and reflect that period of Hollywood studio work. The cinematography too is wonderful. And the drama between William Powell and Myrna Loy is as wonderful as always. Una Merkel is a delight, filling in the gaps and the dialog of that period is also delightful.I enjoyed it. If you enjoy those great black and white 1930s classics, I think you will also enjoy this little gem.