for it time and this be a difficult topic to address in film and and though it be a touchy subject and i be sure many will disagree with my review of the film a an entire piece of work instead of focus only on the subject matter . if you wish to know what a filmmaker think about the film a a whole a oppose to the significance of the subject and then please read on . what be universal think when they waste their time and budget on this waste of film . struggle from money problem from flop and upcoming big budget film and they should have reconsider this one . it be obvious the studio have other thing on it mind and possibly only want to cash in on colbert name and stardom . be advise . watch it only if you do not care at all about quality film making . act represent poor claudette colbert and nominate for oscar in 3 best picture selection in one year and be the only person who could act in the entire film and have to overact to pull the film along for all the other under actor . ned and portray elmer with a gruff stodgy almost constipated voice and be suppose to be comedic and for the first 3 line it be a cute gimmick and but he continue on with monotone recitation without any screen presence or semblance of act . if he be a minor character and it wouldn not have be a grating but he have a great many painful scene to endure . louise a delilah and though she have a difficult and groundbreaking role to play in hollywood history and when compare to one that may be a difficult if not more so a hattie mcdaniel in gwtw and she pal shamefully in comparison and her ability a an actor ( if any ) simply do not come across . though juanita a baby jessie have a few cute moment at the start of the film and i would not go far into the child actor save one grievance represent unprepared wooden pathetic attempt to act and have to look off camera for their line and those look retain in the final cut out say enough . the child a adult and rochelle a jessie and fredi a peola and be melodramatic at best and with fredi talent be gear more for silent film and rochelle simply tolerable . warren and a steve and tried and he do try and i will give him that and but he be unappealing and bland at best . script represent scene be entirely too long with moment that drag on and on and on and on . this be one of the wordy film i have ever see . not only do they drag the viewer through the initial festering dialog and they feel the need to recap nearly every plot point several time immediately after . the dialog be unnatural . the line be difficult at best and almost unplayable a the actor ( i will give them credit for now ) demonstrate with efficiency . slow and useless and unnecessary and unnatural dialog only serve to slow the film down and make it seem to drag . edit represent do they use every single frame of film shot in this movie . be it edit or simply piece together . this film would be a whole lot well if 20 minute of useless and poorly act footage be remove . i be not an add viewer and a i love a scene that play out for 4 plus minute with minimal cutting and but this film seriously need edit . edit out the kid look off screen for their line . edit out the unnecessary walking . edit out the unnecessary conversation irrelevant to the film . cinematography represent boring and unexciting and visual death . it be the job of the dp or cinematographer to make the scene visually interest while capture what the director want from the actor . framing could have be considerably well . light be par for a b or w film and but nothing beyond ordinary . direction represent with the bulk of his director credit be b movie and short about chimpanzee in chimp comedy ( monkey chew gum w or actor voice dub over ) and i can see why the human actor probably do not get much direction . poor acting be often as much the fault of the director a the actor and because it be the skilled director job to pull the performance from the actor no matter what it take . oscar nomination represent the only reason i can think of for this movie be nominate for best picture in 1935 and ( before there be a limit place on number of nomination ) be ( 1 ) the groundbreaking nature of the subject matter vs the time and ( 2 ) this be a vehicle for the popular claudette and ( 3 ) that it be base on a highly regarded book at the time . it do not win anything and which indeed speak for itself .