As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
Acting
Colbert's eye-rolls could fuel a city.
Writing
Dialogue snaps like a wet towel — in a good way.
Director
Mark Sandrich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Colbert and Sandrich were frequent collaborators — this was their fifth film together in six years.
Released months before Pearl Harbor, it captures a final flicker of carefree American optimism before the war reshaped everything, including screen romances.
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