D: Lewis Milestone. Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Walter Catlett, Mae Clarke, George E. Stone. First filming of Hecht-MacArthur play is forceful, funny, and flamboyantly directed, with Menjou and O'Brien a good pair as battling editor and reporter in Chicago. Stands up quite well alongside remake HIS GIRL FRIDAY.

D: Robert Florey. Joan Blondell, Warren William, Edward Everett Horton, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd. Blondell teases husband William so relentlessly he finally hits her, prompting her to seek a divorce, but her marriage to their friend (and divorce lawyer) Horton is just as doomed. Wearisome pre-Code comedy (co-) adapted by F. Hugh Herbert from his play. Blondell never looked better, photographed here by her husband, George Barnes.

D: David Butler. Kay Kyser, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lucille Ball, Dennis O'Keefe, Edward Everett Horton, Roscoe Karns, Moroni Olsen. Amiable film debut for popular radio band leader Kyser as he and his wacky crew are offered a Hollywood contract and get into all sorts of trouble in Tinseltown. Much of the humor (and music) is dated, but there's plenty to enjoy in the supporting cast, including gossip queens Sheilah Graham and Hedda Hopper as themselves.

D: Busby Berkeley. Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton, Ruth Donnelly, Elisha Cook, Jr. Silly comedy of girl who must marry brainy husband to collect inheritance; good cast defeated by trivial script.

D: S. Sylvan Simon. Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone, Edward Everett Horton, Mikhail Rasumny, Gene Lockhart, Nana Bryant. Pretty sterile comedy: Ball learns not to poke into husband's business affairs.

D: Jack Conway. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero, Mary Boland, Nigel Bruce. Bouncy account of showgirl Garson returning to dignified husband Pidgeon when daughter Taylor is about to marry; Romero is fun as bragging acrobat. Stars seem right at home with slapstick situations.