With all those big names, something went very much amiss in this...thing. Here we have butlers, footmen, a country estate, jewel thieves, pearl necklaces, bluebloods, Dutchesses, Lords, and the ever popular Incrimating Letters. Usually I just eat this stuff up, but it all comes across as boring and annoying - the upper classes are SO comical! Joan Crawford is SO beautiful! Blah blah blah. Not even good escapism. Skip it!
shareI just saw this film for the first time and agree considering the cast, this should have been a better film but I don't think it's as bad as this reviewer makes it out to be. At times the dialog is witty, urbane and engaging enough to hold your interest until it becomes a morality play before the eventual "boy gets girl" happy ending happens. Still, I enjoyed it, mostly because of the cast and would probably watch it again.
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Not a great film and not a bad film.
Worth a single viewing at least.
It was weird how it started off making me laugh my ass off, like when the one guy was caught in a compromising position with Crawford's character in his ship cabin and him weakly trying to explain it to the other guys. I was laughing non-stop there for a while. Then it kind of turned into another typical Crawford drama which did get annoying. It was the first time I questioned whether or not I should watch another Crawford film again. Mildred Pierce is one of my all time favorites, but I may need a break from seeing her characters juggle mulitiple men.
Cheese fries...next time.
Fell asleep after the 1st third and didn't wake up till the last 10 minutes and felt like I didn't miss a thing.
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