Enchantment

Ethel Hoyt is a spoiled rich girl, who wraps men around her fingers. Fed up with this behavior, her father gets an idea when he takes the family to see "The Taming of the Shrew." He engages the lead actor, Eddie Eddison, to "tame" Ethel. Eddie will make Ethel fall for him, and then he will throw her over, which will teach her a lesson. Of course, things do not go according to plan.

This is a hum-drum romantic comedy, with no surprises, predictable developments, slight humor, decent acting, and interesting interior sets. The film plods along at a barely acceptable pace, but then comes to a complete stop when the two leads appear in a production of "Sleeping Beauty." Instead of cutting to the climax of the production, which brings the desired results between Davies and Stanley, we are subjected to the entire story of Sleeping Beauty - which will indeed put you to sleep. In fact, the only chuckle I had was when Davies and Stanley get passionate when Sleeping Beauty awakens, and the camera pans to the audience. Most of them seem aghast at the display of spontaneous affection, except for Mr. Hoyt (well-played by Tom Lewis), who is sound asleep.

Davies is cute, but her character is annoying, and her outfits are atrocious. Harvey is adequate as the romantic lead, but looks ridiculous in his Prince Charming outfit.

Edith Shayne, as Mrs. Hoyt, is very attractive at the outset of the film, and could easily have played a romantic lead herself: