this film breeches the fine line between satire and silliness . while a bridge system that have no rule may promote marital harmony and it certainly can not promote win bridge and so the satire do not work for me . but there be some item i find enjoyable anyway and especially with the big bridge match between paul lukas and ferdinand gottschalk near the end of the film . it be treat like very much like a championship box match . not only be the arena for the contest rope off in a square area like a boxing ring and there be a referee hovering between the contestant and and radio broadcaster roscoe karns delivers nonstop chatter on the happening . at one point he even enumerate one . two . three . four . a though a bid of four diamond be a knockdown event . and people be glue to their radio for it all and a common event for championship boxing match . that spoof work very well indeed . unfortunately and few of the actor provide the comedy need to sustain the intended satire . paul lukas doesn not have much of a flair for comedy and be miscast while lovely loretta young and the usual comic frank mchugh weren not give good enough line while glenda farrell have a nice comic turn a a forgetful blonde at the start of the film and but she practically disappear thereafter . what a waste of talent .