When I saw this movie, I was amazed just how boring this movie was--and that hardly seems possible for a Clark Gable film. He and Barbara Stanwyck limp through a slow and unexciting script. In addition to these powerhouse actors, the script is about auto racing---and STILL it was ponderous. So, considering all the strengths behind it, it is so amazing the film isn't more exciting. The racing sequences are obviously faked, but even the effort to make them appear real seems minimal. Since there are so many better films of this era, don't watch it unless you are a die-hard fan. It isn't that the film is so bad, it's just that it's like eating an entire meal made of meringue--absolutely no substance behind it.
Review of To Please a Lady
