A 61-minute masterclass in why nobody likes that guy at parties — including his wife.
Acting
Hal Skelly's obnoxious charisma is genuinely hard to look away from.
Writing
Pre-Code dialogue cuts deeper than you'd expect for 1930.
Director
Frank Tuttle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hal Skelly was a Broadway star who died tragically in a train accident just two years after this film.
This is a rare Pre-Code exploration of domestic misery that doesn't fully redeem its male protagonist — a narrative choice that vanished under the Hays Code.
US
