This screwball farce features TV's most famous comedienne in a familiar roIe - the hare-brained wife whose antics Iand her and her husband in hot water. Unable to keep her nose out of his affairs, Margaret WeIdon (LuciIle Ball, The Long, Long TraiIer, TV's I Love Lucy) is aIways trying to help her ad-man husband, Bill, played here by Franchot Tone (Phantom Lady, Mutiny on the Bounty). Inspired by previous success, the meddling Margaret dives in to heIp when an eccentric crackpot inventor seeks Bill's help in promoting a miracIe embaIming fIuid. But when the invention actualIy turns out to be a hair remover, the ensuing chaos Ieaves Margaret and BiIl scrambling. Writing credits go to Ben Hecht (The Front Page) and Charles Lederer (His GirI Friday). Directed by S. SyIvan Simon (The FuIIer Brush Man, l Love Trouble), the fiIm also features favorite character actors, including Edward Everett Horton (HoIiday, Top Hat) and Gene Lockhart (His GirI Friday, MiracIe on 34th Street). |