When you see a cast that contains such folks as Roland Young, Hugh Herbert,
Mischa Auer, Donald Meek, Erik Rhodes, Eily Malyon, and Richard Carle in the
cast it's almost an obligation to watch the film. All these are in the cast filling
out roles you would expect of them supporting leads Francis Lederer and Ida
Lupino.
This could only happen in France where they are a bit more permissive. And
it could only work for a charming guy like Francis Lederer. Don't try this here unless you're Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. One afternoon Lederer who is
opening in a revue shortly decides to spend an afternoon at the cinema with
a woman he's dating and do the things couples do at the movies. Only Lederer gets the wrong row and when he reaches over and plants a big wet
on Ida Lupino she's started and screams. when she's startled.
When the lights go on and everybody in the theater jumps into their business Lupino is willing to just let it all drop. But Eily Malyon best remembered as the parish housekeeper in Going My Way is there and happens to be the head of the Purity League. She insists on bringing a
complaint against Lederer and the gendarmes haul him off to the pokey.
The court scene is pretty funny too as Judge Donald Meek looking for a few
jollies has Lederer, Lupino, and Malyon who wants Lederer boiled in oil give
their accounts of this incident.. Theater manager Roland Young fires Lederer from his revue, but his popularity among the French public skyrockets.
As was said by another reviewer this is a film that Maurice Chevalier should
have done. But as Chevalier went back to France and was unavailable, Lederer is a good substitute.
Does all this lead to romance? Watch this charming comedy and find out.
