Let's Try Again

The forgettable Broadway play "Sour Grapes" about a troubled American man and wife who talk a lot about the rocky state of their marriage took eight years to reach the screen as "Let's Try Again" and when it did the cast was led by two veddy veddy British actors (Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard). Other than the odd effect of their out-of-place accents there is very little to engage the viewer. A half-baked subplot about the husband's relationship with one of his attractive young patients (Helen Vinson) is clumsily added to the original in a failed attempt to make the story more interesting. Other than a few lines of mildly suggestive dialogue, the sexual undertones at the heart of the couple's discord are unexplored, though Irene Hervey in a supporting role looks stunning in a couple of early scenes wearing a form-fitting satiny creation. The film is shot mostly in cramped interiors (a couple of living rooms, a bedroom and a fake looking domestic exterior). "Let's try again" indeed.