And that's the problem - Hecht is not writing for Hitch, Selznick or Wellman, but for himself, and what emerges is a filmed play, essentially taking place in two locales - a garishly designed nightclub, and a hotel in which a card game takes place (OK - there's a theatre scene too, appropriately enough).
It does have a satisfying conclusion, and is well acted, particularly by Thomas Mitchell as the booze-soaked playwright, with Douglas Fairbanks, Rita Hayworth and John Qualen, and of course it's beautifully shot by Lee Garmes, who's billed as co-director.
A Columbia release. Music by George Antheil.
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