What a Woman! (1943)
6/10
Agreeable fast-moving trifle
30 January 2023
In this romantic comedy from Columbia Pictures and director Irving Cummings, Rosalind Russell stars as high-powered talent agent Carol Ainsley. She's after the mysterious author of a recent bestseller to try and get inspiration for finding the lead actor in a movie adaptation of the book. She tracks him down, only to discover that he's a college teacher named Michael Cobb (Willard Parker) with no interest in further fame. Carol becomes convinced that Michael himself would be the perfect man for the film role and sets out to woo him to the job. Meanwhile, world-weary reporter Henry Pepper (Brian Aherne) has been tasked with writing a profile article on Carol which requires him to shadow her on her daily rounds, eventually leading to romance.

This is a basically agreeable trifle, fast-moving and with good performances from Russell and Aherne. I'm not familiar with Willard Parker, and his role could have been recast with a stronger personality. Shelley Winters can be glimpsed briefly in her second film role as a secretary.
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