A romantic comedy from the thirties, which has everything to be an example of the genre, that marked the era and still delights movie lovers today.
A worthy cast, led by Joel McCrea, a regular presence in the screwball comedies of the thirties, Loretta Young, an actress well suited to her character, and David Niven, then the eternal secondary British gentleman, who would only later rise, with full rights, to the leading role, especially in British cinema.
There's also a plot with potential, with three provincial goldiggers looking for husbands, falling in love with the wrong men.
However, the result clearly falls short of the sum of the parts. It lacks pace, direction, events rush without being properly matured, the story seems to be told in a hurry, without giving the viewer time to gain empathy for some of the characters.
It is however a pleasant entertainment, for those who appreciate the genre, from a good harvest, but it lacks the genius, the brilliance and the humor of the best screwball comedies, where the skeleton of the farce, well written and constructed, sustains the whole.
A worthy cast, led by Joel McCrea, a regular presence in the screwball comedies of the thirties, Loretta Young, an actress well suited to her character, and David Niven, then the eternal secondary British gentleman, who would only later rise, with full rights, to the leading role, especially in British cinema.
There's also a plot with potential, with three provincial goldiggers looking for husbands, falling in love with the wrong men.
However, the result clearly falls short of the sum of the parts. It lacks pace, direction, events rush without being properly matured, the story seems to be told in a hurry, without giving the viewer time to gain empathy for some of the characters.
It is however a pleasant entertainment, for those who appreciate the genre, from a good harvest, but it lacks the genius, the brilliance and the humor of the best screwball comedies, where the skeleton of the farce, well written and constructed, sustains the whole.