While everything about this movie is pretty dated, and it was already a period piece, it is amazing how many people would still benefit from the lessons of this movie. We still have social climbers, people who think they and their children should marry for status and money rather than any other compatibility, and of course, people who think money solves all their problems (money can only solve the problems that it itself creates). The petty slapstick is kept to a appreciated minimum. And of course the pretentiousness of the art world is one of those things that will never fade, and that will never be beyond mockery. An overall enjoyable bit of fluff.