Orchids to You

1935
1h 14m

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John Boles and Jean Muir in Orchids to You (1935)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.

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6,5/10

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The heroine is sent to jail for 10 days for contempt of court because she won't reveal to whom some flowers were sent. The plaintiff's case is then dismissed. This is incorrect court procedure. The refusal to testify is an offense against the court and has no effect on the case. After serving her sentence of 10 days, the heroine will be brought back into court and asked to testify again. If she still refuses to testify, she will be sent to jail again and again until she testifies, or the Judge determines that she never will.

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6/10

Don't Expect A Comedy

Jean Muir runs a flower shop in a hotel. Charles Butterworth, the principal shareholder (unknown to her) keeps proposing to her. The hotel wants to evict her in favor of a better-paying tenant. John Boles is the lawyer hired to get her out. Unknown to him, his wife is cheating on him, with a friend who buys orchids for her at Miss Muir's flower shop.

That's the broad outline of this movie, and it is all handled very well by director William Seiter, with a cast that includes Arthur Lake, Spring Byington, Sidney Toler (as an Italian flower wholesaler) and Arthur Treacher.. It's all very well acted, but it's more a drama than a comedy. Oh, there are plenty of good bits. Toler is quite funny, Boles sings "Sylvia" and the story and handling keeps things moving right along throughout, so that I never lost interest. It's simply that the title and the Art-Deco opening led me to expect a comedy. Once I realized that, it turned into a good movie.