For a good stretch of the film, beginning at the movie's start, I was confused by what was going on. Specifically, who was abusing who in the soap opera-like movie. I finally decided that Kay Francis was the one doing the abusing and the couple of Lombard/Grant were being abused. My confusion was mostly coming from never seeing Kay Francis in such a role. In fact, Carol Lombard and Cary Grant were somewhat out of their normal characters too.
The driving force of the movie was that if a couple is not married, then they might as well not have a loving, romantic relationship at all. The relationship, so it seems, would be absolutely unacceptable to friends, parents, and society in general. In this day and age, that makes for about as dated a plotline as possible.
Having stated all of that, the movie was not terrible, at least I did not think so. I will say that someone who wants a fully contemporary movie might want to pass it by.
The driving force of the movie was that if a couple is not married, then they might as well not have a loving, romantic relationship at all. The relationship, so it seems, would be absolutely unacceptable to friends, parents, and society in general. In this day and age, that makes for about as dated a plotline as possible.
Having stated all of that, the movie was not terrible, at least I did not think so. I will say that someone who wants a fully contemporary movie might want to pass it by.