When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
Acting
Loretta Young's deadpan revenge is chef's kiss.
Writing
Dialogue so snappy it probably needed union overtime.
Direction
Tay Garnett keeps seven plates spinning effortlessly.
Director
Tay Garnett
Tyrone Power
Steve Leyton
Loretta Young
Tony Gateson
Don Ameche
Martin J. Canavan
Slim Summerville
Judge Hart
Dudley Digges
Cyrus Jeffrey
Walter Catlett
Eddie Johnson
Pauline Moore
Lois Westcott
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Flaherty
Stepin Fetchit
Penrod
George Sanders
Count Andre de Guyon
Elisha Cook Jr.
Egbert Eggleston
Frank Conroy
A.G. Findlay
Edwin Maxwell
Kenyon
Charles Williams
Joe Brady
Julius Tannen
Logan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tyrone Power was 23 and already Fox's biggest male star; this was his third film with Loretta Young.
The 'reporter vs. heiress' template defined 1930s screwball, reflecting Depression-era fantasies of upward mobility and media skepticism.
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