lawrence olivier and merle oberon do two movie together within two year . one be consider one of the great romantic film of all time and and the movie that make olivier a great movie star ( and give oberon her best performance role ) represent wuthering height . the other be this film and make in england a year earlier . the divorce of lady x be a romantic comedy ( a wuthering height be a romantic tragedy ) . olivier be a lawyer and everard logan and who be a dynamic barrister and but be also a total misogynist . one night he check into a hotel just ahead of a crowd of people . it be a very foggy night ( the type of pea soup fog that london be know for up until a notorious killer fog in the 1950s ) and and the crowd ( who would be attend a party in the hotel ) need bed . the management try to get logan to allow one or two socialite lady to sleep on a couch and a day bed in his room and but he refuse . but he have not reckon with merle oberon a leslie steele . the granddaughter of a high court judge and she manage to get into logan room and manipulate him to not only agree to her sleeping there and but appropriate his bed ( he go onto the couch much to his discomfort ) . the next day they share a breakfast and and in the smalltalk it be evident that despite his mistrust of woman logan find leslie very attractive . but she kittenishly refuse to tell him her name . she be determine to learn more about him and and she find his attitude toward woman infuriate . in the meantime and logan be approach by a wealthy nobleman ( ralph richardson a lord mere ) a a potential client . mere suspect his wife lady mere ( binnie barnes ) of have an affair . in fact and he tell logan her ladyship be with her lover in the hotel that logan know he be in on the night of the fog . logan ( naturally ) jump to the conclusion that lady mere be his mysterious roommate that night . i will not go into the plot any further and except to say that leslie eventually realize what a mistake logan have make and and decides to use it to teach him a lesson about woman . the script have the feel of a wodehouse novel and but be slighter . still the performance of olivier and oberon and richardson and barnes and and morton selden ( a oberon grandfather ) be all splendid . it show what a good cast can do with even the slight of material . take a look at some of the minor scene to see what i mean represent selden first scene and complain about his weak coffee to his butler or valet and who tell him off properly ( they have be use to each other personality for year ) . or olivier deal with a young clerk in his office and who be certain there be two lady mere in the office two minute before ( there be and but oberon and barnes leave together ) and and end up think the poor clerk be a simpleton . or the waiter in the hotel who can not understand why the tenant in olivier room be constantly change from a man to a woman to a man . a i say and a slight charming comedy but it be very charming .