Likable cast in once-racy comedy
Jeffrey Lynn gets a real bum rap by one reviewer on this site. He has an impossible part to play here, in which he's subjected to Priscilla Lane's endless platitudinous chatter. It's certainly refreshing to see a liberated woman in an old movie, but Lane's character is positively emasculating. Under the circumstances, Lynn does very well. Based on a popular play, this film was considered racy in 1939. Seen today, it's so innocuous, it's almost offensive! Needless to say, Lane retains her virginity even though she goes away for the weekend with boyfriend Lynn.
Forget the sociological implications, however, and you have a reasonably witty entertainment, successfully "opened up" from its stage origins.
Forget the sociological implications, however, and you have a reasonably witty entertainment, successfully "opened up" from its stage origins.
- reelguy2
- 19 dic 2004