This is an excellent screwball comedy. As some others have pointed out, with different leads, this might very well be a very famous film. But, we forget just how popular Loretta Young and Ray Milland were at points in their careers. Young's peak came just a very few years after this, while Milland's apex was half-a-decade away.
There are two very positive things about this screwball comedy. First, the chemistry between Loretta Young and Ray Milland. Second, the screen play is quite clever and manages to keep the balance between the scheming of the "husband" and the scheming of the "wife", and logically brings them together in real love...as one would expect.
The supporting actors here also contribute to the success of the film. Edmund Gwenn is his usual charming self, in this case as the father of the "groom". Reginald Gardiner is particularly entertaining as the book editor who hatches the "plot".
This is an excellent comedy, and demonstrates again that while MGM mastered the art of the musical, it was Columbia that often brought us some of the best comedies.
There are two very positive things about this screwball comedy. First, the chemistry between Loretta Young and Ray Milland. Second, the screen play is quite clever and manages to keep the balance between the scheming of the "husband" and the scheming of the "wife", and logically brings them together in real love...as one would expect.
The supporting actors here also contribute to the success of the film. Edmund Gwenn is his usual charming self, in this case as the father of the "groom". Reginald Gardiner is particularly entertaining as the book editor who hatches the "plot".
This is an excellent comedy, and demonstrates again that while MGM mastered the art of the musical, it was Columbia that often brought us some of the best comedies.