Joyful early Sturges with quite a few slapstick moments is almost like an early version of
Palm Beach Story. Familiar actors from later films include William Demarest, Robert Greig and Franklin Pangborn. Edward Arnold does the shouty head of household well, Mary Nash his wife, Arthur and Milland fine as leads, Luis Alberni has the best lines and mangles the language beautifully.
It's very nicely shot by Ted Tetzlaff with some fine deep focus in the hotel scenes.
Great lines such as "It's not mink, it's Stolinzky" and the beautiful symmetry of lines like "Your first mortgage is three years overdue, your second mortgage is two years overdue and your third mortgage is one year overdue".
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