Spoilt rich girl Olivia de Havilland (Maggie) stops at a garage managed by Dick Powell (Bill) and tries to drive away without paying for her petrol. Powell puts her to work cleaning 10 bungalows to pay off her debt before letting her go. She returns the next day with a plan for revenge.
This is a comedy that will have you laughing thanks to the excellent cast. There are a couple of annoying screwball comedy-type situations where people talk over each other, notably in Powell's attempts to sell his business idea, but there are more hits than misses and we get some choice dialogue and dialogue delivery by all involved. I was impressed the way de Havilland serves the soup calling out "soup" and throwing people's napkins onto their laps when she is pretending to be a maid. Why can't all domestic help be like this. Powell sings a few songs, one in blackface mimicking Al Jolson and the main number being "You Must Have Been a beautiful Baby". I wouldn't call this a musical - it is a comedy with a couple of songs thrown in.
I have complete sympathy with de Havilland at the beginning of the film - I gave up on family holidays as a teenager. They just aren't what a teenager wants.
This is a comedy that will have you laughing thanks to the excellent cast. There are a couple of annoying screwball comedy-type situations where people talk over each other, notably in Powell's attempts to sell his business idea, but there are more hits than misses and we get some choice dialogue and dialogue delivery by all involved. I was impressed the way de Havilland serves the soup calling out "soup" and throwing people's napkins onto their laps when she is pretending to be a maid. Why can't all domestic help be like this. Powell sings a few songs, one in blackface mimicking Al Jolson and the main number being "You Must Have Been a beautiful Baby". I wouldn't call this a musical - it is a comedy with a couple of songs thrown in.
I have complete sympathy with de Havilland at the beginning of the film - I gave up on family holidays as a teenager. They just aren't what a teenager wants.