This is not a bad film; it has it's moments. I liked Joey (the alter ego of Noel Coward in the film; one writer always recognizes another writer's alter ego), and I liked Fanny Brice (I mean Bridges). This is a good anti-war film. It is also an anti-religious film (note the sparse crowd in the church after the war). Coward is trying to tell us that none of these institutions have the answer. Wars and history repeats itself; eating families, loves, husbands, wives, children and anything else that gets in its way. Mankind is obviously too stupid to learn from history. This is one of Coward's messages. For 1933, King Kong was a far more entertaining film, with far more compelling scenes and direction. Dinner at Eight was also much better than this soap; albeit good soap. For ladies only; and old ladies at that.
Review of Cavalcade
