Myrna Loy's seventh pairing with William Powell was this Joseph L. Mankiewicz produced comedy that was directed by Richard Thorpe which features a screenplay by Jo Swerling. It's not as good as their earlier films together (nor at least one of their later efforts - I Love You Again (1940)), but it does exude a certain easy charm and serves as yet another example of their undeniable on screen chemistry.
Powell plays a bohemian painter who has been "corrupting" Loy's younger sister Irene (Florence Rice) and the limp-wrist-ed fiancé she'd handpicked for her sibling, Waldo Beaver (John Beal), by keeping them out all night to teach them how to act while directing them in play rehearsals.
Loy's character is particularly annoyed because she'd been in control of Irene's life, and Powell's has upset the apple cart, especially since her sister has fallen in love with him. When Loy confronts Powell, he agrees to stop seeing her sister on one condition, that she allow him to paint her "extraordinary" face (e.g. one full of character). She agrees, then naturally falls for Powell's character herself, though she never lets on.
The only one who seems to know that both Loy and Powell have fallen for each other is Mrs. Kensington-Bly (Jessie Ralph), a friend of Loy's that also happens to have been acquainted with Powell's in her past.
Unfortunately, the plot drags a bit when slapstick sequences overrun the snappy dialogue. Edgar Kennedy, Sidney Toler, and an uncredited Donald Meek are among those who appear in supporting roles.
Powell plays a bohemian painter who has been "corrupting" Loy's younger sister Irene (Florence Rice) and the limp-wrist-ed fiancé she'd handpicked for her sibling, Waldo Beaver (John Beal), by keeping them out all night to teach them how to act while directing them in play rehearsals.
Loy's character is particularly annoyed because she'd been in control of Irene's life, and Powell's has upset the apple cart, especially since her sister has fallen in love with him. When Loy confronts Powell, he agrees to stop seeing her sister on one condition, that she allow him to paint her "extraordinary" face (e.g. one full of character). She agrees, then naturally falls for Powell's character herself, though she never lets on.
The only one who seems to know that both Loy and Powell have fallen for each other is Mrs. Kensington-Bly (Jessie Ralph), a friend of Loy's that also happens to have been acquainted with Powell's in her past.
Unfortunately, the plot drags a bit when slapstick sequences overrun the snappy dialogue. Edgar Kennedy, Sidney Toler, and an uncredited Donald Meek are among those who appear in supporting roles.