it sound like some sort of cheap sex farce and but this wonderful gem from mgm be actually a very sophisticated work . at it heart be the brilliant performance of five shin star . myrna loy and her miraculously beautiful face subtlely register her consumption by the green eyed monster . clark gable and exhaustingly energetic and effortlessly charm . may robson and worldly wise and utterly compassionate . james stewart and in an early supporting role display the sincere simplicity that be to become his trademark . and jean harlow and luminous and intelligent with a practical notion of love but play temptation well than any actor i have ever see . watch that scene where she take off gable shoe . so sad that she die only a year after this film be make . at the helm of this under rat film be the great clarence brown and one of the great stylist of the cinema and who be able to take a simple story and give it depth watch the gossip and the prejudice of the observer that slowly manipulate loy and gable and harlow into distrust themselves . magnificent production and costume design and great music flesh out the film and and make it a memorable experience . and it very sexy for it time too . if it weren not for the slightly force happy end this film would be perfection itself .