Review of Wide Open

Wide Open (1930)
9/10
The life of a timid man
2 May 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Veteran actor Edward Everett Horton plays the role of timid employee, Simon Haldane who has ideas for improving his boss's business but lacks courage to tell him about it. However the boss's daughter Doris (Patsy Ruth Miller) who is bold and little boisterous knows exactly how to go about it. Doris gives Simon confidence in his ideas and the company benefits and promotes him to the general manager In the meantime problems arise for Simon since Agatha, the stenographer of the office is interested in him and so is a stranger who finds his address and comes to his house with her mother demanding that he marry the strange girl. Finally the problems are resolved and Simon and Doris head to the altar. The movie is directed by Archie Mayo and screenplay written by James Starr and Arthur Caesar. This is very funny movie and I am sure you will enjoy watching it.
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