Thirty Day Princess

Taronian princess Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) is sent to America to gain financing for her poor country. Upon arriving, the princess falls ill with the mumps. Desperate banker Richard Gresham comes up with an unusual solution. He tells numerous investigators that the princess had run away and refuses to answer to her own name. He hopes to find a doppelganger to replace the princess. He offers poor struggling actress Nancy Lane $10k to impersonate her. Rich newspaper publisher Porter Madison III (Cary Grant) opposes the deal.

I like the premise and I like the machine-gun dialogue which is obviously written by Preston Sturges. It has Cary Grant but he wasn't quite Cary Grant at the time. He's not given much to do. Porter falls for the princess too fast and too easy. They are lacking a meet cute. The chemistry is rushed. I'm not saying that it's impossible. These are two beautiful human beings. Love at first sight is meant for people like them but they don't have the time to build up. It's a rushed job.