This really is the story of a prank blowing up in the prankster's face, in this case, a press photographer (Nancy Kelly) who seems to be obsessed with the marital issues of a much married man (Charles Arnt) and his most recent wife (Jane Farrar), a hot-tempered harpy with whom he has many public battles over his flirtations with other younger women. Having just been hired by the amorous Chester Morris, Kelly gets jailed on a murder rap, and the only testimony that could save her comes from her fiancée (Phillip Terry) whom Morris initially thought to be her brother and has sent him off on a mission where he is believed to be killed.
This is one of those newspaper comedies where you can just hear the writer laughing to himself as he puts the script down on paper. It is intelligently written and amusing, but the aspect of the plot just gets a bit out of control and ultimately unbelievable with the plot going through so many twists and turns that it makes a pretzel look like a strand of spaghetti before it has been boiled. While this will never be the classic of "The Front Page", its sexually reversed remake "His Girl Friday" or the brilliant "Five Star Final" standards, it is a pleasant look at how the deadly sin of jealousy can create a lot of havoc for everybody involved.
This is one of those newspaper comedies where you can just hear the writer laughing to himself as he puts the script down on paper. It is intelligently written and amusing, but the aspect of the plot just gets a bit out of control and ultimately unbelievable with the plot going through so many twists and turns that it makes a pretzel look like a strand of spaghetti before it has been boiled. While this will never be the classic of "The Front Page", its sexually reversed remake "His Girl Friday" or the brilliant "Five Star Final" standards, it is a pleasant look at how the deadly sin of jealousy can create a lot of havoc for everybody involved.