I realize that this was way back in 1938, but it was frustrating to see the fact of the marriage avoided for so very long! Everyone was wonderful in this film, but the premise was annoyingly ridiculous. It dragged on for way too long!
shareI was starting to think the same thing as I watched it for the first time last night.
But as it turned out, in story time, it didn't drag on for so long. Everybody got told the very next day, and the Stewart character was the first to say how ridiculous and unfair it was. I agree that the piling up of contrivances (the mother whose fake "heart" makes everyone scared, the absurdly stuffy father of a type that only exists in old movies) threatened to make it utterly absurd. But it ended up being only mildly so, and surprisingly fun along the way.
Too long? It was barely 90 minutes. I thought it was a very fun, entertaining film. My first Ginger Rogers film and she was very good. I loved that catfight. 8/10
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