La bella rebelde

Impoverished heiress Ann Sothern is happy to pick up a job as secretary for confident young coffee magnate Gene Raymond. The young couple hit it off but don't know that they are being set up by Sothern's aunt and Raymond's bookie friend.

Aunt Helen Broderick and bookie Victor Moore hit it off themselves, meanwhile, as they manipulate the romance between the younger couple. Also hanging around are a trio of Sothern's creditors, eager to see Sothern marry Raymond and thus acquire the cash pay off her debts. Billy Gilbert, Parkyakarkus, and William Brisbane are amusing as the creditors - they are greedy, yes, but also inept enough that they allow Victor Moore to talk them into investing $500 each in his scheme to arrange the rich match.

Misunderstandings abound, naturally - Raymond figures out it's a set up, Sothern doesn't know it but he thinks she does, and so on. It's a cute plot that doesn't need to make much sense and is happily rushed along without too much worry about logic or reality.

The familiar cast does well, with Broderick and Moore looking perfectly comfortable as the second couple, and Raymond fine as the handsome if not overly interesting leading man. Sothern is definitely the star here, funny and likeable.

Bonus: Sothern sings a pretty song called "It's Sleepy Time in Hawaii," a quiet moment in an otherwise noisy and hectic picture.