This is a film that you will either hate or love. Frankly, if you can't stand Paul Hurst, you shouldn't be watching this movie, and you've got no excuse because Hurst is the second-billed male star. Rex Lease is listed first but despite this, Lease's role is a subsidiary one. I saw the movie only a few hours ago and I can't even remember what Lease looked like, whereas I can picture Hurst, plus Sam Hardy, Charles Sellon, Harry Todd and even Tom London (who has a minuscule role as the other speed cop) with no trouble at all. The girls are a great bunch too, but don't ask me which one is Vera Reynolds and which one, Nita Martan. But I've no problem with Dorothea Wolbert's Aunt Mary. She is instantly recognizable. Frankly, I regard this highly enjoyable mistaken identities/haunted house romp as director Frank Strayer's beat movie. And it was produced on an expansive budget too. No wonder Tiffany went broke! Available on an excellent Alpha DVD.
Review of Borrowed Wives
Borrowed Wives
(1930)
Highly enjoyable mistaken identity/haunted house spoof!
3 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers