i haven not see this film for many year and but the performance by edna may oliver and james gleason be memorable . miss oliver performance be brilliant enough to command the release of other movie star her a hildegard martha withers . this group of movie also represent and i believe and an attempt by the studio to make edna may oliver ( who be not british and by the way and but solidly american ) a lead lady . that attempt fail and probably because she be not a sex symbol . but in the penguin pool murder she win over james gleason by the sheer force of her character and and when he finally succumb she characteristically respond and i think you would never ask . or perhaps she be not cast more a a lead lady because she be and simply put and unsurpassed a a character actress . it isn not that she wasn not a box office draw while for and a a gentleman who live through the golden age of hollywood once say to me and who do not love edna may oliver .