This early effort of screwball comedy just comes off as strange. There is so much wrong, I should point out it's best point- it is short. Several things make very little sense.
Thelma Todd is considered the female lead in this film. Yet Pert Kelton as Fay the Fan Dancer actually gets more of a role and screen time. Pert would become a character actress in other films later and become the first Alice Kramden on the very early Honeymooners on Cavalcade of Stars before Dumont made the Classic 39 episodes. She is actually quite capable in her role here.
The plot makes almost no sense. There is a murder in a mansion of the butler, yet the murderer for some unknown reason keeps hanging around the place until he finally gets caught. Thelma Todd and her father only show up halfway into the movie. They just add to the confusion as Steve is observed carrying the attractive young Fay the Fan Dancer (Kelton) on the balcony at the front of the house when Todd (Judy Nelson) arrives. This is after the murder.
I guess you could say this one paved the way for better screwball comedies that would come after this one.
Thelma Todd is considered the female lead in this film. Yet Pert Kelton as Fay the Fan Dancer actually gets more of a role and screen time. Pert would become a character actress in other films later and become the first Alice Kramden on the very early Honeymooners on Cavalcade of Stars before Dumont made the Classic 39 episodes. She is actually quite capable in her role here.
The plot makes almost no sense. There is a murder in a mansion of the butler, yet the murderer for some unknown reason keeps hanging around the place until he finally gets caught. Thelma Todd and her father only show up halfway into the movie. They just add to the confusion as Steve is observed carrying the attractive young Fay the Fan Dancer (Kelton) on the balcony at the front of the house when Todd (Judy Nelson) arrives. This is after the murder.
I guess you could say this one paved the way for better screwball comedies that would come after this one.