Jimmy Stewart's mom made the best apple pie in the world; after she died, no one else's was good enough. Will good time girl / performer Margaret Sullavan fall for this? It's not as clear-cut as you might expect, and nor is involvement of sugar daddy Walter Pidgeon, in lead-up to WW1 posting (1917), triggered by a fabulous, feverish montage sequence by Slavo Vorkapich in which newspapers become waves.
Dana Burnet's story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" was filmed before in 1928, with Gary Cooper. Here it's adapted by Waldo Salt. Now we're over at MGM, we're in the confident hands of Joseph Ruttenberg (who won his first Oscar that year for The Great Waltz ), and recognise Sam Levene and Nat Pendleton from Thin Man films; also with Hattie McDaniel (the year before her monumental triumph in GWTW ), who's allowed to be in fairly sassy mood:
Sullavan: "Answer the phone!"
Hattie: "I did, but it jus' keeps ringin'."
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