Basically a limp re-working of "Christmas in Connecticut", with a pampered woman desperately pretending to be something she's not, and in both cases trying to dupe fat, gullible Sydney Greenstreet in the process.
Unfortunately Ida Lupino is no Barbara Stanwyck when it comes to playing comedy. She's brittle and high-strung and doesn't know how to milk the shopworn script for laughs. Her reactions aren't varied enough, she almost always seems to be on the verge of tears and simply doesn't seem to be having much fun. Her romantic interest, William Prince, is pleasant but unremarkable.
Still the film is worth sitting through if only to hear that great blustering character actor Greenstreet thunder out lines like, "That's the most preposterous thing I've ever heard!" and, "What the devil is going on here?" in that inimitable voice of his.
Unfortunately Ida Lupino is no Barbara Stanwyck when it comes to playing comedy. She's brittle and high-strung and doesn't know how to milk the shopworn script for laughs. Her reactions aren't varied enough, she almost always seems to be on the verge of tears and simply doesn't seem to be having much fun. Her romantic interest, William Prince, is pleasant but unremarkable.
Still the film is worth sitting through if only to hear that great blustering character actor Greenstreet thunder out lines like, "That's the most preposterous thing I've ever heard!" and, "What the devil is going on here?" in that inimitable voice of his.