A national radio search for a coffee slogan becomes a fiasco and deadlocks without a winner. Office clerk Jimmy MacDonald (Dick Powell) dreams of winning the contest and starting his marriage with girlfriend Betty Casey (Ellen Drew). Three co-workers play a trick on him. He gets a telegram announcing that he has won $25k.
This is a lesser known Preston Sturges film even if Hallmark took it as a slogan. How meta. A slogan from a movie about a slogan. It has a quirky premise and an endearing story. I do want to like this more. Something is holding me back. I don't know if I love Jimmy and Betty. I like them enough. They need a meet-cute. They really need to sell this couple more. The drama and the emotions get ramped up after the mix-up is discovered. That has some of the best moments. I would like a few different turns although I don't want to list everything that I would change. The second half is good. It's good.
This is a lesser known Preston Sturges film even if Hallmark took it as a slogan. How meta. A slogan from a movie about a slogan. It has a quirky premise and an endearing story. I do want to like this more. Something is holding me back. I don't know if I love Jimmy and Betty. I like them enough. They need a meet-cute. They really need to sell this couple more. The drama and the emotions get ramped up after the mix-up is discovered. That has some of the best moments. I would like a few different turns although I don't want to list everything that I would change. The second half is good. It's good.