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Dorothy Hunter (Miriam Hopkins) is the "richest girl in the world". She switches places with her secretary (Fay Wray) in order to find a man who won't just love her for her money.

I went into this thinking it was going to be a comedy. Boy, was I wrong.

The Richest Girl in the World is a dreary romance film from RKO. The script so awful (and somehow got nominated for an Oscar!), and the film squanders the talent of Miriam Hopkins. She does her best in a thankless role, but she is saddled with the uncharismatic Joel McCrea as her co-star. McCrea is a not particularly good actor at the best of times, but he's pretty awful here. This film is rather like McCrea's earlier film Chance at Heaven, where he plays a unlikable sap whom the heroine somehow falls in love with. Fay Wray and Reginald Denny are good in supporting roles.

Overall, this one's a stinker.

Stupid poverty row horror/mystery film that seems like a cross between The Old Dark House and The Ape Man. When the rich Dr Earlton dies, his paralytic brother (Sheldon Lewis), lawyer (Sidney Brady), daughter (Vera Reynolds), her fiancé (Rex Lease) and the two house servants (Mischa Auer & Martha Mattox) converge on his house for the reading of Earlton's will. However, when a grisly murder takes place, the guests start to suspect an ape Earlton kept in the basement for scientific research may be responsible.

The Monster Walks is a somnambulant attempt at a mystery film, but the problem is that the twist is glaringly obvious. The performances are all pretty bad, with the exception of Willie Best as the chauffeur, who is pretty much the only likable character in the film. The worst offender in the cast is Rex Lease, who has about as much charisma as a rock. Mischa Auer hams it up terribly as well.

The title is misleading, as there's no monster in the film at all. The closest thing to a monster is a guy in a ape costume, but the ape never leaves his cage so he dosen't get a chance to do any walking. However, it's almost worth sitting through the film to Mischa Auer's absolutely hilarious death scene. Overall, avoid this turkey.

Delightful pre-code musical from Lubitsch about Niki (Maurice Chevalier), a womanizing lieutenant in the Austrian army. However, he falls in love with Franzi (Claudette Colbert), the violinist in an all-female band. However, when a wink from Niki to Franzi is seen by Princess Anna (Miriam Hopkins) of Flausenthurm, who believes it was meant for her, it spells trouble for all involved.

Lubitsch does it again. Chevalier is delightful, and the script is so pre-code it's almost unbelievable. The film is all about sex, but sex is never mentioned in the dialogue at all!

I've never been a big Claudette Colbert fan, though she is perfectly alright here. Miriam Hopkins is simply wonderful, making a kind of unsympathetic character seem totally sympathetic. The score is quite delightful as well, with the standout being "Jazz Up Lingerie". The ending, where Chevalier goes off with Hopkins instead of Colbert, is unexpected; I liked it though, cause Colbert's character was a bit of a wet blanket. Overall, a totally charming film.