Ugh! How anyone can lavish all sorts of praise on this terrible mess of a film is beyond belief. JAMES STEWART always considered it his worst movie and I can certainly understand why. Not only is it a Poverty Row film made on the cheap (and it looks it), but it came at a time when his budding film career was heading toward a high crest of the wave. He became a huge star despite this indiscretion.
PAULETTE GODDARD is as lively and pleasant as usual, but she's totally wasted as his screen sweetheart. The music is terribly banal, as is most of the dialog, and the whole film has the look of a Public Domain print that nobody bothered to clear up--it looks as though it was filmed underwater! I struggled to watch most of it and finally gave up. Life is too short to waste on films of this caliber, even if Jimmy and Paulette are two of my favorites.
PAULETTE GODDARD is as lively and pleasant as usual, but she's totally wasted as his screen sweetheart. The music is terribly banal, as is most of the dialog, and the whole film has the look of a Public Domain print that nobody bothered to clear up--it looks as though it was filmed underwater! I struggled to watch most of it and finally gave up. Life is too short to waste on films of this caliber, even if Jimmy and Paulette are two of my favorites.