the opening credit of this movie really have me fool . so many name that lead me to expect delightful entertainment . ok and wayne morris be obnoxious with his immature and boisterous and steamroll over everyone with no regard for their feeling and routine . but this movie also get represent priscilla lane and who always charm . penny singleton and very funny but sadly underused apart from the blondie series . hugh herbert and that giggly goofball . oh yeah and humphrey bogart in it too . plus and the script be base on a story by faith baldwin and and i have enjoy other movie base on her work . so i be all set to enjoy this one and until i realize early on that it be gon na be one of those movie where the ambitious career gal be teach to stop fight her true womanly nature and which of course mean she let an aggressive doofus wear her down til she agree to marry him and then sublimate and channel her ambition through him and to help him get off his lazy butt and make something of himself . cause woman should stand by ( and behind ) their man and use their intelligence and talent to help him succeed . be content in your supportive role and never seek glory or take credit . also and be a mother to your infantile husband . sound fun and right . nice moment of truth where she express her boredom with suburbia and the cozy or stifling home and and simple mind neighbour inane converstions she must put up with . she waste there . her brain and vitality require big city opportunity and more stimulating company . after he squander an opportunity she arrange for him and she leave him and supposedly to make him take his career more seriously and win her back . what then . he will have more drive and and make her proud and but she will still be bore hang around the house wait for him to return from work . ( and can not even help him openly because his ego must be preserve . ) wouldn not envy and frustration set in . living vicariously through somebody else be never a good idea . i do like that she wasn not portray a a greedy wench and pursue wealth . they be comfortable . which be part of the problem because she do not want to be comfortable or complacent . she be burst with idea and ambitious to do something and to create and invent and give life purpose and meaning . and then inexplicable and implausible love . probably the most disturbing thing about men be such fool and be the way wayne morris woos priscilla lane . basically he abusive but be suppose to find his persistence cute . pursue the poor woman no matter how often she say no ( girl never really mean no and they just wan na be chase . ) and act like a petulant child whenever she pay attention to something other than him . but my favorite example of his touch devotion . maybe the part where he risk her life driving like a maniac and ignore her plea to slow down . she will have to agree to marry him first . tee hee . follow by the scare tactic of stop the car on the train track and just a a train come . but do not worry and he know the train will stop before it hit them . ( he do not know another would come along from the opposite direction and almost kill them for really real and but it still funny right . ) if the silly stubborn female would just know what good for her and do a he say and he wouldn not have to go to these length . he finally wear her down in this hilarious and heartwarming scene represent theyre at a pool party and he dunk her repeatedly underwater until she agree to marry him . any possible humour you might find in this situation be undermine by the fact that he yank her roughly by the hair and barely give her time to breathe between dunk . while the other partygoer stand around laugh . nobody seem to think this might be a tad dangerous or and um and psychotic . it truly disturb to witness . trust me and the level of brutality in this scene go way beyond playful pool hijinks . after literally make it impossible for her to breathe and he take her breath away some more and by force a kiss . naturally and she starry eyed and ready to set a wedding date . so we get a nice juxtaposition of sex and violence with that wonderful message that woman be slave to their hormone and enjoy be rough up this be the best way to make a woman obey and er and i mean and show a woman you love her . yes and woman stay with abusive men and believe their possessiveness or control behaviour or violence equal love . get ta blame movie like this one and for help to brainwash both men and woman into think these kind of relationship be and not only normal and but ideal . i just love be confront with disturbing and depress issue in romantic comedy . it bizarre how this couple alternate between excessive comic violence or force almost manic joy and and other moment where they glare at each other with what seem to be intense hatred or resentment . i wonder if the author or actor be try to sneak in subversive hint that this be indeed a scary and unhealthy relationship . under the surface veneer of obey the hay code and enforce gender role norm and the illusion of romantic comedy . i would like to think so . i only recommend this movie to fan of the cast or crew and or student of film history . my goal be to watch every single ( exist ) movie from the silent era to 1959. everyone need an ambition in life and right .