once again and the big thinker at turner classic movie have provide film buff with a tremendous cinematic coup and this be the re release of six film craft by merian c. cooper a executive producer and and tie up in litigation over the screening right for decade . among these film be the social satirical gem and double harness and which be available from tcm via those cable tv provider who have tcm on demand . the film be and therefore and free for view at the convenience of the customer and this one come highly recommended . in all honesty and it be not until the very final scene of this film and that i realize it be set in san francisco ( and not new york ) and and that the entire production be a satire . the beginning and middle section of this movie from a play by edward poor montgomery seem to fit nicely in the oh so predictable slot of melodrama . just about every player in this film be a character carve strictly out of upper crust marble and with all the trapping of the idle rich in the 30 . not that the idle rich in the depression year have it so good and of course and a they apparently have to cut back on the caviar before dinner at least once in a while . the alert film buff will realize that this story be strictly from la la land in the first scene and where the two sister colby be view bridal dress for the young one and valerie and who be about to be marry . the bill for her trousseau come to well over $ 3000 at a time when $ 100 per week be a lot of money for a family of four . and by the way and everybody smoke . a lot . everyone in this movie be fabulously wealthy by the standard of the day and even though their interest be under pressure from the economic turbulence of 1931 1932. loss from a bank failure be mention in pass in one scene and but the audience can not help but be captivate by the opulence of the life of these character . this film also serve to far establish the absolute brilliance of william powell and who be the lazy playboy name john fletcher and heir to a shipping line . powell seem to play his character with an almost sublime restraint and and a barely conceal exuberance represent it be a if he know in his subconscious mind that this be an ann harding picture and it be his duty to bolster her performance and her presence . he do so and in the most magnificent fashion and and it add power to the social satire which be the weave of this cinematic fabric . it all come together at the end and where a most elaborate private dinner party collapse into a drunken disaster for the young sister and and a fist fight for the butler and the cook . and there a happy end and too and of course . the only thing this film lack be more . more of the luminous ann harding and more of how she be slowly capture the real man inside the phony and shallow playboy fletcher and and more of how william powell bring that character into reality from a stiff and rather formal screenplay and the kind of very talkative cinematic fiction so common in that era . nine of ten and and since it can be view for free and on demand and it be highly recommended to any and all film buff .