That's the type of comical line utilized in this drawing room comedy set in a small town where star crossed lovers Sue Carol and Arthur Lake (the future Dagwood Bumpstead) face all kind of interference by family and the dapper but dull Alan Bunch. The film is a bit more complicated than that, setting up Lake and Bunch as business rivals as well as romantic rivals, even though Lake has the business sense of a fly and Bunch is about as romantic as a flea. He's the kind of preppy bore that thinks he's clever but could put Sleeping Beauty further into a coma.
With Lucien Littlefield and Helen Ware as Carols parents and William Collier Sr. As the argumentative uncle, Carol insists that she's going to be the one who makes the decision of who she will marry, and it's nothing but arguments over that for the full 75 minutes of this early talkie. Not all films of the late 20's and early 30's that had dialogue were creaky and slow, and there were a couple of bright moments in this film but they are few and far between. Performances reflect the primitive use of the sound recording, and people just basically sit around for the most of the time and recite their lines. It's certainly a curiosity, and Lake and Carol are certainly attractive (Carol is a less flamboyant version of Clara Bow with her pluckiness, stealing the film, but this is not a cinematic match made in Hollywood heaven.
With Lucien Littlefield and Helen Ware as Carols parents and William Collier Sr. As the argumentative uncle, Carol insists that she's going to be the one who makes the decision of who she will marry, and it's nothing but arguments over that for the full 75 minutes of this early talkie. Not all films of the late 20's and early 30's that had dialogue were creaky and slow, and there were a couple of bright moments in this film but they are few and far between. Performances reflect the primitive use of the sound recording, and people just basically sit around for the most of the time and recite their lines. It's certainly a curiosity, and Lake and Carol are certainly attractive (Carol is a less flamboyant version of Clara Bow with her pluckiness, stealing the film, but this is not a cinematic match made in Hollywood heaven.