Marion Davies left the screen after making this romantic comedy, but at least she went out on a creative high. The story of a secretary tired of losing jobs because she's too beautiful who then uglies herself up to work for womanizing Robert Montgomery showcased her often forgotten comic talents. When Montgomery meets the real Davies and doesn't recognize her, the stage is set for hilarity. The mistress of publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, Davies made almost all of her films for his production company, Cosmopolitan Pictures. For most of her career, Cosmopolitan was housed at MGM, but by 1934, her declining box-office and his disappointment that major roles kept going to other MGM stars led him to pull up stakes and move to Warner Bros. There she had the benefit of studio standbys like director Lloyd Bacon, cinematographer George Barnes, costume designer Orry-Kelly and character comics like Frank McHugh and Allen Jenkins. Davies turned to her former home for leading man Montgomery, who had worked with her on Blondie of the Follies (1932), and Patsy Kelly, whose boss, Hal Roach, released his films through MGM.

By Frank Miller