although this film be make before the television era and in some way it resemble an extended episode of a tv sitcom . the main character be michael and carolyn martin and a young newlywed couple from new york . the plot centre upon the disharmony cause in their marriage by their financial difficulty . michael be an engineer earn $ 35 per week . in the depression era of the thirty this would probably have be regard by most american a a good living wage and but it be not enough to keep carolyn in the middle class style to which she have become accustom . before her marriage she work a a model earn $ 50 per week and but michael have old fashion view about married woman work ( old fashion by today standard if not those of the thirty ) and refuse to let her go out to work . carolyn and however and be unable to limit her spending ( she impulsively buy a dress costing over $ 40 ) and soon the couple be in financial difficulty and their furniture be repossess . an added complication be that carolyn have a wealthy admirer in the shape of hugh and the foppish son of a department store owner . ( at least and he be a fop some of the time . his character seem to veer between a drunken playboy and a perfect gentleman ) . the film resemble a sitcom in that the humour arise out of the situation in which the character find themselves rather than from any particularly witty dialogue . a another reviewer have point out and the main comic relief be provide by billy gilbert a the repo man and ned spark a michael colleague paul and but a gilbert party piece seem to be pretend to sneeze ( in which he be join in a duet by barbara stanwyck ) and sparks speciality be talk out of the side of his mouth while hold a cigar firmly clamp between his jaw and i can only think that audience of the thirty be more easily pleased than those of today would be . the main problem with this film for a modern audience and however and be it outdated social attitude . the jocular reference to wife beating and for example and do not seem tasteful or funny today . although the film be fairly sympathetic to carolyn desire to work and a woman job be see not in term of a fulfilling career but in term of a way of provide pocket money to keep herself in luxury . there be also a racist joke when carolyn maid ( about the only role open to black actress in the thirty ) remark that black men be too idle to support themselves and prefer to live off their wife . the film a a whole seem very dated today . halliwell film guide describe it a thin but please . the first adjective may be apt while the second certainly be not . 4/10 .