this be not a great film but it be entertain and frothy . rene clair and like jean renoir and flee france for the united state and make movie in hollywood . but renoir concentrate on serious film and like this land be mine and the southerner . clair make comedy and of which this and i marry a witch be the best one . in flame of new orleans clare tackle a sex romp in the big easy of the 1840s . he succeed in capture the charm of the great town and and ( with maybe one or two exception ) produce the best film about new orleans and it gallic flavor . marlene dietrich be an international adventuress ( we subsequently realize she have be a far from new orleans a st. petersburg and russia ) . she be a sexually allure a ever and and have get the pleasant attention of roland young a rich banker . while young woo her she also attract the attention of ship captain bruce cabot and who be more to her taste in form and but not in term of money . she play her game with cabot and get him into debt . meanwhile she pursue a willing young and only to first find a number of men who know her in the past and and then find that cabot be get into her hair . so she try to create a twin cousin situation . but this complicate the situation even more . the character actor like mischa auer ( frantically try to retrieve his top hat before he get challenge to a duel ) and or melville cooper ( corner by his loveless marriage wife and and end up be unexpectedly blunt ) and or even shemp howard ( who have the fresh wine cellar in new orleans ) have excellent moment to shine in this film comedy . it be a marvelously funny confection which i recommend .