Next Time I Marry

Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming (Lucille Ball) grabs a random guy on the WPA ditch digging line and pays him $793 to get marry. Anthony J. Anthony has only his dog and his car trailer. Nancy's dead father had left his fortune to her only if she marries a "plain American". She intends to divorce Tony as soon as the money comes in and end the secret fake marriage. Foreigner Count Georgi is eager to marry her. When she accidentally drives away with Tony's dog, he come looking for her. The cops are called in and he's arrested for kidnapping.

The humor is definitely of its time. At least, Lucille Ball is allowed to do some physical comedy. Lighting the trailer on fire is something akin to I Love Lucy. The movie stays in that pocket of weird quirkiness. The subject matter is weird. Nancy and Tony could do a funnier meet-cute. The start is rushing too quickly. The first meeting would work better if Nancy's dilemma is explained at the top. Comedy is in the eye of the beholder. Time and culture has a way of making jokes not funny. I try to keep this in mind. This is a comedy of its time.