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It isn't that the plot is thin. It isn't that the plot is superficial. The problem is that you have about 45 minutes of real plot in a 67 minute film.
The story is pretty simple, though obviously pre-code: Man and woman are in love and spend a very long time deciding whether to really be married or not. Okay, not a bad premise, but presented in a very wishy washy way. I wanted to shake both of them and say, "Make up your damn minds!" If you're a Bette Davis fan...as I am...you ought to watch this film (even though I found it tremendously disappointing); no one else need suffer through this yawn. Gene Raymond, with whom I was not familiar, was passable as the husband. I wasn't familiar with Kay Strozzi, who played the other woman, but based on this film she may very well be the worst actress of all time! Frank McHugh is terribly cast here.
Honestly , it's a wonder the film industry didn't turn back to talkies after having to listen to this banal script. Pass it by while pinching your nose. (And just for the record, Bette Davis is my favorite actress).
score 5/10
vincentlynch-moonoi 5 September 2014
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