Jolly japes amongst upper class twits with
star power and colour photography but its crappy 30s British technicolour
photography and the stars are Laurence Olivier (handsome, technically
proficient but a bit too obviously technically proficient) and Merle Oberon
(acting like she’s the prettiest girl in school, which she was). There’s also
some very weak material – a fog leads Oberon to boss her way into Olivier’s
hotel suite and she falls for him; he thinks she’s married, she isn’t but lets him
think she is, to, er, test him I think and… look, it’s really stupid. Ralph
Richardson hams it up and Binnie Barnes is also on hand as well as some
character actors.
I assume Alex Korda wanted to make this to showcase Oberon,
who wears a variety of fashionable outfits and hats, as well as some “hey isn’t
this cute” male pajamas. She and Olivier aren’t the best rom com couple but
they are game, and Olivier’s performance in particularly grew on me. They are
the best thing about this astonishingly lame comedy and it makes a fascinating
companion piece to Wuthering Heights.
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