There is no apostrophe in the title of this film! Repeat: NO apostrophe! Of course there isn't. That would be illiterate. I have attempted to corrected this elementary error, but the IMDb has informed me that the title is locked. However, any other source - whether it be Halliwell's Film Guide or Leonard Maltin's guide or Richard Corliss's book about Hollywood screenwriters or any of the books about Ben Hecht or Wikipedia - will confirm what I say. And I've seen the film, too.
It's a rather enjoyable movie, although the low budget is obvious. Ben Hecht's directing efforts are all fairly odd, and this is simply a portmanteau movie, telling two short stories instead of one long one. The first story, "Actor's Blood" is dramatic and sentimental and features a fine performance by Edward G. Robinson as a tragic character. The second is raucously comic, although it worked better on the page than it does on the screen. Eddie Albert is pretty funny as an outrageous agent promoting an idiotic novel. Hecht's daughter Jenny plays an annoying child, and is herself annoying.
It's a rather enjoyable movie, although the low budget is obvious. Ben Hecht's directing efforts are all fairly odd, and this is simply a portmanteau movie, telling two short stories instead of one long one. The first story, "Actor's Blood" is dramatic and sentimental and features a fine performance by Edward G. Robinson as a tragic character. The second is raucously comic, although it worked better on the page than it does on the screen. Eddie Albert is pretty funny as an outrageous agent promoting an idiotic novel. Hecht's daughter Jenny plays an annoying child, and is herself annoying.