A highly mannered comedy ON APPROVAL is, clearly a theatrical play with four participants pretty much on screen from beginning to end, two well off women (one of whom, American) just beginning to get long in the teeth, and two bankrupt aristocrats desperately trying to sink their teeth into money so they can extend their privileged living.
After a somewhat irritating male voice over intro which kind of situates the entire conundrum, you are served some grating singing by Beatrice Lillie, which will continue later in the film with the most discordant duet I can recall in movies.
There are many psychological deviant moments, including the entire ensemble of servants leaving the house shortly after arrival of the two women , and their male company, indignant over treatment, conditions, and an embrace between one of the males and Beatrice Lillie, who delivers a very fine absurd performance.
In contrast, lovely Googie Withers plays an American whose big test for a male is the color of her eyes (!)
I do not know whether this is a B or an A pic, but it surely is unusual, little to do with famous and classical British humor, and a great deal more to do with surrealistic chuckles as Lillie dances around a statue with one of the males, while the other has a nightmare.
If you don't follow... no surprise, neither did I!
After a somewhat irritating male voice over intro which kind of situates the entire conundrum, you are served some grating singing by Beatrice Lillie, which will continue later in the film with the most discordant duet I can recall in movies.
There are many psychological deviant moments, including the entire ensemble of servants leaving the house shortly after arrival of the two women , and their male company, indignant over treatment, conditions, and an embrace between one of the males and Beatrice Lillie, who delivers a very fine absurd performance.
In contrast, lovely Googie Withers plays an American whose big test for a male is the color of her eyes (!)
I do not know whether this is a B or an A pic, but it surely is unusual, little to do with famous and classical British humor, and a great deal more to do with surrealistic chuckles as Lillie dances around a statue with one of the males, while the other has a nightmare.
If you don't follow... no surprise, neither did I!