Papa Morton has had it with the frivolous ways of his debutante daughter Mary (Wendy Barrie) and has her put in charge of his newspaper so she can learn some responsibility and stop leading a pointless existence. Former editor Walter Pidgeon wants to see Mary fail miserably so he can step in and take over the paper himself. what he doesn't count on is the seriousness in which she takes her new position, something he thinks she'll be bored with as soon as she realizes that she can't have two front pages. Papa George Barbier a surprise too and thanks to a kidnapping scheme, daughter Wendy proves that she is more than capable of handling the pressures in running a newspaper, when she realizes the time dedicated that it requires.
This is an above-average B screwball romantic comedy where the frivolous socialite learns something about real life outside what she probably had seen Carole Lombard doing in Universal's "My Man Godfrey" the previous year. It features a decent script and fine character performances, particularly Dorothea Kent as a seemingly dumbbell blonde whose bubble headed voice hides a brain upstairs. Kent Taylor, Samuel S. Hinds and Edward Gargan also offer interesting character performances. Certainly not a classic among other newspaper films in the realm of "The Front Page" and "Five Star Final", this is an interesting mid-thirties look at how a woman in a man's business at that time could basically become one of the boys while retaining her femininity.
This is an above-average B screwball romantic comedy where the frivolous socialite learns something about real life outside what she probably had seen Carole Lombard doing in Universal's "My Man Godfrey" the previous year. It features a decent script and fine character performances, particularly Dorothea Kent as a seemingly dumbbell blonde whose bubble headed voice hides a brain upstairs. Kent Taylor, Samuel S. Hinds and Edward Gargan also offer interesting character performances. Certainly not a classic among other newspaper films in the realm of "The Front Page" and "Five Star Final", this is an interesting mid-thirties look at how a woman in a man's business at that time could basically become one of the boys while retaining her femininity.
