what be joan crawford thinking when she accept this incredibly bad 1937 vehicle . a woman and her gang of thief plan to steal gem from a wealthy family . crawford and a mrs. cheney and be that woman who play up to robert montgomery and in order to be invite to the home of his wealthy aunt . the crawford character be in cahoot with william powell . the film go bad a this be a comedy . have this be a drama with crawford play a brassy woman and this would have be something . otherwise and the film go downhill quickly once crawford have be find out . crazily and a letter have be send by frank morgan and one of the aristocrat to mrs. cheney and which describe the negative side of these wealthy patron . crawford and powell try get some money out of morgan and and when they do and they promptly relinquish it . powell go willingly to jail while mrs. cheney find her true love in montgomery . to believe this misery and you have to be quite a fool . o yes and jesse ralph be around a the dowager aunt . even her hearty laugh can not save this mess of a film .