This fascinating B grade screwball comedy from poverty row Invincible (and sold to Grand National upon the demise of Invincible) is an absolute delight, featuring some of the most underrated, forgotten character actors of the 1930's, perhaps familiar for their face or voice, but not by name. Berton Churchill, best known for playing pompous southern "gentleman", is the perfect choice to play a phony colonel whose daughter Patricia Farr is the Barbara Stanwyck to his Charles Coburn, an early version of the shyster team from "The Lady Eve".
Evelyn Knapp is on the run from her wealthy father (Richard Carle), meeting up with con-artist Bradley Page. Chick Chandler plays the truck driver from the Carle's laundry business who checks into the same hotel as Knapp and thinks that she's stolen the boss's daughter's identity. More wackiness follows when Carle arrives at the same hotel and Chandler encounters Churchill who sold him Knapp's car without her knowledge.
There's quite a lavish look to this film, far more than some of the comedies from the A studios and defiantly a better script than normal. The cast is perfect with Carle a complete wimp of a millionaire even when he bellows, Churchill the perfect blowhard and Page an obvious scamp even if Knapp is oblivious to his character. Billy Gilbert is instantly recognizable in a smaller role This easily deserves to be called a forgotten classic that is one of the best comedies of the late 1930's.
Evelyn Knapp is on the run from her wealthy father (Richard Carle), meeting up with con-artist Bradley Page. Chick Chandler plays the truck driver from the Carle's laundry business who checks into the same hotel as Knapp and thinks that she's stolen the boss's daughter's identity. More wackiness follows when Carle arrives at the same hotel and Chandler encounters Churchill who sold him Knapp's car without her knowledge.
There's quite a lavish look to this film, far more than some of the comedies from the A studios and defiantly a better script than normal. The cast is perfect with Carle a complete wimp of a millionaire even when he bellows, Churchill the perfect blowhard and Page an obvious scamp even if Knapp is oblivious to his character. Billy Gilbert is instantly recognizable in a smaller role This easily deserves to be called a forgotten classic that is one of the best comedies of the late 1930's.