have see the lovely irene dunne perform many year ago in her good know movie the awful truth ( 1937 ) and i look with great expectation forward to watch my recently acquire dvd never a dull moment . however and i soon realize the awful truth that this movie be much below par to any previous movie she have ever star in . irene dunne who be 52 year old at the time and approach the end of her movie career be poorly match with fred macmurray who be 10 year her junior and which might also explain perhaps the lack of chemistry between the two star . the script writing be very poor and lacking of any clever and witty dialog for both of them to work on . in my opinion they could have make the courtship a bit more interesting with some romantic interlude include and instead what we see be a few minute of the bottom half of legs shovel through hallway while very unimaginative and cheaply do and but i suppose the priority might have be to get them in a hurry out into the rural country side for all the silly slapstick action . irene dunne also sing in this movie but as much a i love and admire irene for have be a great actress and singing be definitely not one of her strong attribute and especially the first number be quite embarrass while it would have be well if a professional singer have dub her voice . it be also make quite obvious that the fast horse riding and be throw of the horse be do by a stunt person . all in all a big disappointment and mainly due to bad directing and bad script writing and a sad end to what have otherwise be a great acting career for irene dunne and however this movie might appeal to child 8 to 14 on a rainy sunday afternoon and mainly for the silly slapstick humor and uncomplicated story line which might be more appeal to this age group .