Brilliant accountant Atterbury Dodd (Leslie Howard) travels to Hollywood on behalf of his banker employees to oversee operations at struggling movie studio Colossal Pictures, which the bank owns. The bosses want to sell it off, but Dodd is intent on getting things back on track and profitable for all. He runs into trouble from a group of insiders who are trying to sabotage the company into bankruptcy, but Dodd gets some unlikely assistance from former child star Lester Plum (Joan Blondell).
The unlikely duo of Leslie Howard and Joan Blondell turn out to be a great screen team, both amusing as contrasting personalities. Bogart plays an important character to the story, but it's not a very interesting role, and he personally brings the little flavor there is to it. I found the movie a funny, acerbic stab at the picture industry of the day.
The unlikely duo of Leslie Howard and Joan Blondell turn out to be a great screen team, both amusing as contrasting personalities. Bogart plays an important character to the story, but it's not a very interesting role, and he personally brings the little flavor there is to it. I found the movie a funny, acerbic stab at the picture industry of the day.