I could only give this farcical "comedy" 4/10 compared to the 5.2 on IMDb.com.I agree with the previous user comments and tuned into this film after searching on Michael Redgrave hoping for a similar experience to "The Lady Vanishes" (1938).As usual in Britsh comedy/farces there is a lot of running around, characters misunderstanding names and highly improbable sudden scene changes like when you are suddenly catapulted from London, England to alpine Switzerland.I must give a mention to Mary Clare, familiar to me from playing the baroness in "The Lady Vanishes" and the landlady in "A Girl Must Live" (1939).Here she plays Lady Emily Westaker who is trying to marry off her daughter, Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner), by any means to Michael Redgrave who plays a playboy who nearly runs Jessie Matthews over and almost immediately attempts to seriously woo her.It was at this point reality was left far behind.I had only ever heard Jessie when I was young playing Mrs Dale the wife of a doctor in "Mrs Dales Diary", whose memorable line was "I'm worried about Jim".I understand Jessie could sing and the producers contrived to give vent to her singing voice albeit in a strange farcical setting when Francis L Sullivan, playing an overweight opera loving madman, accosts Jessie and only lets her go when she shows her singing ability.
Basil Radford made an appearance playing Michael Redgrave's best friend, and for once he didn't have his partner Naunton Wayne in tow.Basil did films on his own like "The Galloping Major".The funniest scene was pure slapstick when the speed control of a wind machine in the advertising studio is set to maximum and mayhem inevitably results.It was strange seeing Alastair Sim playing a purposely out of work communist and showing his torso!Another actor not lost on me was Torin Thatcher who played Bentley Drummle in the acclaimed 1946 version of "Great Expectations" in David Lean's classic film.Comedy could be rather infantile in the 30s.
Basil Radford made an appearance playing Michael Redgrave's best friend, and for once he didn't have his partner Naunton Wayne in tow.Basil did films on his own like "The Galloping Major".The funniest scene was pure slapstick when the speed control of a wind machine in the advertising studio is set to maximum and mayhem inevitably results.It was strange seeing Alastair Sim playing a purposely out of work communist and showing his torso!Another actor not lost on me was Torin Thatcher who played Bentley Drummle in the acclaimed 1946 version of "Great Expectations" in David Lean's classic film.Comedy could be rather infantile in the 30s.