i expect this film to be a run of the mill 1930 romance . boy meet girl and they fall in love and boy loses girl and boy win her back in the end . it wasn not like that at all . clark gable play con artist eddie with all his usual charisma and mischievous eyebrow raise . he be hide out from the cop when he burst into ruby ( jean harlow ) apartment and to find her cover in bubble in the bathtub and no less . instant chemistry . she play hard to get for a while and but a girl can only resist that grin for so long . the heat between them be evident and and there be some scene that be definitely pre production code . when a blackmail job go bad and ruby end up in a boarding house for troubled girl and she be miserable and and thanks to the rag her roommate give her and begin to believe that eddie will never come for her . harlow play the hard nosed and fast talk ruby perfectly . she never let gable get all the good line . there be an especially move scene with her play their song on the piano that be act perfectly . the last fifteen minute have me cry every time . a truly sweet romance .