A year before they made the memorable "Wuthering Heights," Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier starred together in this comedy revolving around appropriate behavior, correspondents and carrying out a falsehood to its utmost degree.
Did you notice that as the film went on, Oberon looked a lot older than the dashing Laurence, the attorney in the film who worked on divorce cases?
The first scene is a lengthy one and to be perfectly honest, I could not wait for it to end. Due to a terrible foggy night in London, patrons at a ball are unable to secure lodging at a hotel and Oberon pushes her way into sharing Olivier's room. He is a bit stuffy and she is overly forward as we see the trials and tribulations of sharing a room only for one evening.
When someone else who did the same thing is sued for divorce, Olivier thinks that the wife is Oberon and the rest of the film is devoted to his dilemma. As it becomes more apparent regarding what is going on, everyone laughs and Olivier is humiliated when the truth finally comes out.
This is really an inane farce, over-stated, but the question of womanhood is well touched by Olivier at film's end.
Did you notice that as the film went on, Oberon looked a lot older than the dashing Laurence, the attorney in the film who worked on divorce cases?
The first scene is a lengthy one and to be perfectly honest, I could not wait for it to end. Due to a terrible foggy night in London, patrons at a ball are unable to secure lodging at a hotel and Oberon pushes her way into sharing Olivier's room. He is a bit stuffy and she is overly forward as we see the trials and tribulations of sharing a room only for one evening.
When someone else who did the same thing is sued for divorce, Olivier thinks that the wife is Oberon and the rest of the film is devoted to his dilemma. As it becomes more apparent regarding what is going on, everyone laughs and Olivier is humiliated when the truth finally comes out.
This is really an inane farce, over-stated, but the question of womanhood is well touched by Olivier at film's end.