Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

People are voting emotionally.

Good concept, poorly executed.

Best movie ever!

Happily married Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) is convinced by the girls to see popular therapist Dr. Vengard over her hiccups. He digs into her marriage and she starts to have doubts about her husband Larry (Melvyn Douglas). Later, she meets pianist Alexander Sebastian (Burgess Meredith) in Vengard's waiting room.None of the characters are that compelling. Jill and Larry are rather bland. Alexander is off as the depressed artist. It's old fashion but honestly, the opening is almost insulting. I find it hilarious that it purports to show the Ladies room as a place where no man has gone before and this was written by two men. This is a lesser rom-com without any edge or compelling work. The humor is lacking. I actually don't mind Jill and Larry reuniting because Jill and Alexander don't make a good match either. In an aside, I can't believe that Larry does his Heil Baker during this time in history. I guess it's a joke but it's so flippant that it's disrespectful. There is also hitting woman and other backwards aspects which makes this an awkward comedy.

The Plot.Against her better judgment, happily married Jill Baker is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups. Soon, she's disillusioned about husband Larry; and one day in the doctor's waiting room she meets pianist Alexander Sebastian, who's even more confused than she is. Can this marriage be saved? I suppose this is an example of a "modern-thinking" movie of the 40s. It's very dated.To be sure, there are some funny moments, but this is a movie where women lie about their age! Come on.

I read that this film was a failure at the box office, and I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps it seemed like a throw-back to those mid-1930s films where Hollywood seemed to think that the American public was obsessed with the upper class. When I first began watching, I almost turned it off because that's what I thought was coming. But I stuck with it, and I found that this is a rather pleasant comedy about a somewhat boring man who is boring his wife in their everyday life, to the point where she has an affair and the husband and wife decide to divorce...well, almost.Melvyn Douglas doesn't have much to do for the first third of the film...but after all, he is supposed to be boring. No, that part of the film belongs to the lovely Merle Oberon. But, Douglas' part strengthens for the remainder of the film, and he does nicely, as does Oberon as a rather spoiled wife. Who is the third side of the triangle? Burgess Meredith as a rather insufferable pianist. It's interesting to watch Meredith here. He seems strong in the scenes where he is speaking, but a little awkward in the scenes where he is silent. And, I always enjoy watching character actor Harry Davenport, who never disappoints. Eve Arden is here, also, as a secretary, but her part is crucial, though rather small.This probably isn't going to end up on your DVD shelf, but if you like romantic comedies from the 30s...yes, I know this came out in 1941, but it seems older...then you'll probably like this enough to watch...once.

Enjoyed this Classic Comedy with outstanding veteran actors who must have had fun making this film way back in the 1940's. Merle Oberon,(Mrs. Jill Baker),"A Song To Remember",'45, had problems with her hiccups whenever she got upset about things in her life and also the fact that her husband use to poke (keek) her in the stomach, which greatly annoyed her. Jill took these problems to her physician, Alan Mowbray,(Dr. Vengard)," I Wake Up Screaming",'41, who finally found out a solution for her problems. Jill Baker also runs into a crazy pianist and artist, Burgess Meredith (Alexander Sebastian),"Rocky V",'90, who seems to stop her problems with hiccups. However, Jill's husband, Melvyn Douglas (Larry Baker),"Hud",'63, begins to become curious about her relationship with this artist, pianist and all crazy and wild sorts of situations start happening through out the picture. This is definitely a Classic comedy film and if you love to see Merle Oberon act in an entirely different role, this is a good film to view and especially if you are a fan of Modern Art.