Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray’s second outing together under Leisen’s direction finds Leisen pushing the duo into new dramatic territory. After they meet cute at the Panama Canal, Lombard’s hopeful singer and MacMurray’s layabout trumpeter put together a steamy act and seem headed for the usual light dustups of romantic comedy bliss. When his star rises faster than hers, darker clouds loom and Leisen builds to a powerful finale.
Paramount Pictures, Inc. Producer: Bob Crandall. Screenwriter: Virginia Van Upp, Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on a play by Arthur Hopkins and George Manker Watters. Cinematographer: Ted Tetzlaff. Editor: Eda Warren. Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth, Jean Dixon, Dorothy Lamour.
35mm, b/w, 92 min.
