this stagey adaptation of a french play be fairly creaky but still provide the occasional chuckle a frank fay essay a double role a a husband miss with amnesia for five year . when he turn up on his widow doorstep one day a a trendy hairdresser and complication ensue . harvey thew screenplay have a decent number of double entendres but be surprisingly restrain with the homoerotic subtext especially when fay be discover in bed with james gleason . nicely though somewhat statically direct by michael curtiz and the matrimonial bed also feature some nifty set design and a few memorable shot in silhouette .