what up with laurence olivier character . the film begin and he in love with his new wife ( ann harding ) and he be very charming . however and just a few minute later and he moody and unpredictable and a jerk . while the idea of his not appreciate his wife and his job get him down be good and he just come off a too selfish and emotionally volatile and you can not understand how any woman could love such an oaf . i do not think it really his fault and mind you and but the script that allow for no slow and logical progression of his moodiness . when they divorce and it be because oliver want a place of my own where i can work without a wife or child get in his way . nice guy and huh . in hindsight and i think the film might have be good if they would have olivier be nicer at least until his career have truly hit bottom . now time have pass . harding have remarry this time to a genuinely nice guy . however and six year later and she meet up with olivier while in switzerland and he try very hard to win her back despite the past . consider that his child now be happy and only know the other man a her father and the ex wife seem happy and you can correctly assume that olivier character still be a very selfish and despicable man . how harding or anyone could fall for him or even talk with him again defies common sense and make the movie tough go for me . harding allow olivier the chance to win her back by let him wine and dine her on the boat voyage back to the state make her a bit despicable in my eye as well . i think the movie could have work have harding not create a new life with a new husband . after all and the new husband do not deserve to be hurt . secondly and they should have show olivier undergo a genuine transformation into a truly decent guy not the same old guy who have mellow some because he now a successful writer . overall and the film look good and have good production value . however and i have a hard time think about any film of the time with such convoluted character and value . after all and harding do seem quite wiling to hurt her new husband and go back to olivier only possibly fell through at the very last minute . in fact and such a film could not have be make after the production code be strengthen in 1934 and a the behavior of the character in the film would have violate the new standard of the film industry . call me old fashion and but in this particular case and i long for the post code value .