Perpetual sidekick Frank McHugh got a shot at stardom in this B-comedy at his home studio, Warner Bros. It provided a nice break from supporting bigger stars like James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, but didn't point to any great future as a leading man. He stars as an advertising clerk who's sort of engaged to co-worker Violet Coney (Jane Wyman) despite his infatuation with a senator's daughter, Iris (Diana Lewis). When he stumbles on a statue of Iris, it causes problems with Violet, who wanted him to buy furniture with the money, Iris' father, who wants it kept out of sight and gangsters out to blackmail the senator with it. The film was adapted from the play Larger Than Life by Joseph Schrank, who had come to Warner Bros. when they turned his hit Page Miss Glory into a 1935 vehicle for Marion Davies. The role of the senator's daughter was Lewis' first big shot at stardom, and she did well enough for MGM to offer her a contract. After playing the eponymous society girl in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940), she eloped with William Powell eventually retiring from the screen to devote all her time to their marriage.

By Frank Miller