Reporter Jean Christy (Rosalind Russell) is angry with new young newspaper owner Pat Buckley (Patric Knowles) who had a fight with managing editor Robert Lansford (Errol Flynn). Lansford is looking to do publicity business with tycoon John Dillingwell (Walter Connolly) and he's willing to make up any lies to do it. He discovers Dillingwell's granddaughter Lorri (Olivia de Havilland) is Buckley's fiancée.
This is minor failure for Errol Flynn in his otherwise epic swashbuckling career. He's trying to expand into screwball comedy. He does have the fast speaking part but this movie seems content on letting speed be the comedy. The issue is that I don't like Lansford. It's a quartet puzzle with an unknowable solution. It starts with the cold opening and a cutesy switcharoo. I don't really like any of the combinations or characters. There is still an appealing energy to this screwball and Errol Flynn's charms are undeniable. He's able to pull this off although it's nothing great.
This is minor failure for Errol Flynn in his otherwise epic swashbuckling career. He's trying to expand into screwball comedy. He does have the fast speaking part but this movie seems content on letting speed be the comedy. The issue is that I don't like Lansford. It's a quartet puzzle with an unknowable solution. It starts with the cold opening and a cutesy switcharoo. I don't really like any of the combinations or characters. There is still an appealing energy to this screwball and Errol Flynn's charms are undeniable. He's able to pull this off although it's nothing great.