This jolly farce from '35 is the purest screwball, one of the funniest and most lighthearted, it has even the customary spanking (of Evelyn Venable, by Jory), and a cheerful dynamism; it's neither a Sci Fi Movie, nor a mystery one, although there's a funny futuristic toy and fancy sets (most of the storyline happens on a futuristic train) and a crime subplot (but as part of the farce: a concealed, hidden jewel, in a comedy of remarriage
). Jory has the leading role, and he's stunning and irresistible, Evelyn Venable is his lady, vastly endearing. The story follows three couples, and a delightful drunkard who sips anything. What matters, all the cast seems to enjoy doing this movie.
There are some equivocal lines, of adult humor.
Fred Arnold plays a character named Forbes, an unfaithful husband won back by his wife. (So, there aren't two Arnolds in the script, a Freddy and a Fred, why should they be, but one character has the name of another character's actor. Honestly.) Moreover, Ralph Forbes plays Freddy Arnold, so the character named after the actor who plays the runaway husband.
E. Ralston looked a bit androgynous for the tempting younger woman. But this is in keeping with the farce.
Leonard Fields, whom as of yet I know nothing about, directed the thing.
Here, Jory rose to humorous heights that will only be available to O'Toole.
There are some equivocal lines, of adult humor.
Fred Arnold plays a character named Forbes, an unfaithful husband won back by his wife. (So, there aren't two Arnolds in the script, a Freddy and a Fred, why should they be, but one character has the name of another character's actor. Honestly.) Moreover, Ralph Forbes plays Freddy Arnold, so the character named after the actor who plays the runaway husband.
E. Ralston looked a bit androgynous for the tempting younger woman. But this is in keeping with the farce.
Leonard Fields, whom as of yet I know nothing about, directed the thing.
Here, Jory rose to humorous heights that will only be available to O'Toole.