I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Ironically, as I sat down to watch this film I had never seen -- a film about amnesia -- I had the sense of deja vu (all over again!). That's because the opening scenes were so much like some other old movie I had watched -- the drunk walking on the rail of the ship and falling into the ocean. Yet, once past those opening minutes, the film was all new to me. So, one way or another, one film-maker borrowed from another.In my view there is a huge flaw in this film, which I imagine most film-goers didn't even notice. If you do (and now you will), you'll have to overlook it...but that's okay...after all, this is a screwball comedy. At the start of the film, William Powell is a prim and proper teetotaler. He is then struck on the head and amnesia sets in. But instead of just not knowing who he is, he knows who he is...in his other persona. Then he goes back to his hometown and he is the prim and proper teetotaler he clearly always was. That's just not the way amnesia works. Although, others interpret this film as portraying a man who had amnesia for a decade, becoming someone else -- sort of a double or triple amnesia. It just doesn't quite work.But okay, other than that, this is a delightful film, and I think one of the very best of the William Powell - Myrna Loy pairings...yes, even better than the Thin Main series! It's genuinely funny! William Powell is wonderful, as usual...and Myrna Loy is delicious, as usual. For a change, Frank McHugh is bearable...in fact rather enjoyable...as the crooked "Doc". The rest of the cast does their jobs, but aren't standouts. It is nice to see Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer here as a child; he was 13 here.Although I think the amnesia plot is shaky, this film is definitely a treasure. Watch it and enjoy a masterful acting team!

I wonder if this might be the great granddaddy of all amnesia films. If it's not, it's sure one of the first and has inspired countless sitcom episodes. William Powell is bonked on the head and suddenly he's a completely different person--one who apparently disappeared nine years earlier. Who he was during the last nine years is uncertain, but what IS certain is that the new personality is a crook. When this shady guy figures out that during the last nine years he's become a pillar of the community and has access to gobs of other peoples' money, he wants to steal everything he can and run. The problem is, he discovers he has a wife (Loy) and can't bring himself to leave--even when he finds out she hates him. Well, much of the movie is spent trying to win her back, though he still wonders whether or not to rob his "friends". What he does and how the entire mess is resolved is brilliant and a lot of fun. This isn't wacky fun like his other film, LOVE CRAZY, but is a little more sophisticated and deliberately paced. A wonderful old film with excellent acting, writing (aside from the dumb plot device) and direction. One of Powell's and Loy's best.

William Powell and Myrna Loy, a great movie team starred in this 1940 farce about a man who gets clobbered by accident at sea and reverts back to a former life.William Powell gets clunked and so do we as we have to watch this nonsense.Frank McHugh is in this too and he is great in his drunkard scene, but once Powell tries to save him and gets hit, McHugh becomes his partner in crime as they together with another person shall try to bilk the town of a lot of money.There is also Powell marching with a group of boy scouts in the woods. I thought he'd get clunked again there and go back to his previous ways. This didn't happen there but he gets hit by the partner when love conquers all and he decides to quit the scheme when he falls back in love with Loy.Bring back those Thin Man mysteries. Asta, too.

Yes as mentioned, a lot of fun. Haven't seen Love Crazy but prob just as much fun. I too wish it had a more solid title but movie factory was incrank 'em out mode as Great Depression I rolled on. If they remade this one, Grace from Wiil & Grace (Debra Messing) would be a knockout lookalike for Myrna Loy. DM has the bearing and clothes horse style with a slow/fast burn comedic ability. DM not given big screen use much except for Woody Allen in Hollywood Ending. Woody is always 5 years ahead of consensus at breaking talent. So give this one a ride unless they make one for theGreat Depression II from viewpoint of unemployed that is as that is the usual determinant.