Foreign correspondent Don Ameche has never met Claudette Colbert, the wife of his best friend, Dick Foran. He has been using her picture and the claim she is his wife to get a lot of bonuses from his employer, Charles Dingle. Now back in the States, he wishes to borrow her for his New York meeting, and through the usual situation comedy mix-ups, does
All three leads are practiced farceurs in this sort of comedy, and under the direction of skilled director, Sam Wood, this is good, if not particularly remarkable movie. The best bits are carried out by others, like house detective Grant Withers, who thinks he has Foran's number, and Wilma Francis, one of Ameche's girl friends who thinks she can recognize true love when she sees it. Chester Clute and Irving Bacon have small but amusing bits.
Ameche had been the highest-paid actor in the world when his contract with Fox expired Suddenly, his movie career collapsed, although his radio, television, and Broadway career did very well for decades. It would not be until the 1980s that he came back in favor, and he made the most of his last ten years before dying in 1993 at the age of 85.
All three leads are practiced farceurs in this sort of comedy, and under the direction of skilled director, Sam Wood, this is good, if not particularly remarkable movie. The best bits are carried out by others, like house detective Grant Withers, who thinks he has Foran's number, and Wilma Francis, one of Ameche's girl friends who thinks she can recognize true love when she sees it. Chester Clute and Irving Bacon have small but amusing bits.
Ameche had been the highest-paid actor in the world when his contract with Fox expired Suddenly, his movie career collapsed, although his radio, television, and Broadway career did very well for decades. It would not be until the 1980s that he came back in favor, and he made the most of his last ten years before dying in 1993 at the age of 85.