I freely admit to a penchant for the light and even 'screwball' comedies of the 30s/40s and so never having seen or even heard of Vivacious Lady I snapped it up when I found it on a budget CD, on the strength of the two leads and the director. Viewing it for the first time in 2016 I found it somewhat pedestrian and predictable and, given the talent listed above, something of a disappointment and I attributed this to the third key element in any movie, i.e. the writing. Rogers was served much better by Billy Wilder in The Major And The Minor, and had more chemistry with David Niven in Bachelor Mother. This is not to say that Vivacious Lady is a total dog or even unwatchable; it is certainly watchable - once.
Review of Vivacious Lady
