this be the second of the series of re release and long miss film show on wednesday and april 2 and 2007 on turner classic film . rafter romance have a good deal of pleasant humor still go for it and and a man journey have some wonderful performance and a good story . but double harness and although it have two good performance ( especially ann harding ) from it lead have a script that most people would not accept . family and filial devotion be still big matter to people today and but this film stretch these point way out of proportion . harding be the old of the two daughter of henry stephenson . the young one be lucille brown . a the film begin we see harding with stephenson and brown buying brown wed trousseau . stephenson be a decent sort ( when be he not in most of his film . ) but he have never be really astute about money matter and and so he be only able to afford $ 5 and 000 . 00 ( 1933 dollar and of course ) for the wedding of both daughter together . but dear little brown be spend more than her $ 2 and 500 . 00 share . harding realize this and and be a good sport she let this shopping spree eat up more than 2/3 of the total . after all and little sister be get marry . harding be ask by stephenson and by brown about her own marriage plan . she have be date william powell and a well know playboy type and but one who actually have a business a potentially important shipping line that powell have allow to be run by others and and be now somewhat shabby . it turn out that harding actually have her own agenda . she see that marriage by itself ( supposedly base on love ) be insufficient and unless the wife can be of use to bring out the best in the husband not only at home but in his career ( this film be very much a 1930s film the idea of the woman build her career be not part of the picture ) . powell be enjoy date harding and and it go beyond a casual and more typical affair of a few day or week . but she set him up ( with the aid of her sister and stephenson ) . powell have bring her to his apartment on several occasion ( and we imagine it be for more than the cocktail serve to them by his butler and reginald owen ) and but one night stephenson show up a the angry and red face father ( signal to come by brown after harding call brown up ) . stephenson act a though he be furious and and want to know the intention of both powell and harding represent how do they feel about each other and and will they marry or not . harding admit she love powell and and would marry him and but it be up to him to decide . flummox by the suddenness of the situation and powell say he want to marry too . so now the marriage can go through . now the title of the film be understandable and a the marriage be the double harness of the couple . but the problem be these . no matter how fond he be of harding and and willing to go through the form and powell intend it to be a short duration marriage . harding be discover that she be slowly fall in love with powell and and be also aware that he expect her to divorce him within a six month of their return from their honeymoon ( on one of his cruise line ship ) . she get to work to remake him race against time if she can domesticate him ( and make him see he like it ) she can save the marriage . she also start push him to get re involve with the shipping line and and he start take charge of it ( and it start improve ) . only two thing may derail harding plan . one be the reappearance of one of the wealthy woman ( lillian bond ) who thrive with powell ( or seem to do so ) when he be a playboy . she start be see around town with powell and although he be simply be polite in take her to lunch at such . the other thing be lucille brown . her marriage to george meeker be in jeopardy ( again we see no scene about this ) because she can not curb her spendthrift way . apparently they have a heavy duty argument at one point and when he agree to pay off a big clothing bill and a few month after the marriage he tell her that she good change a he be not rich enough to stand this kind of extravagance . brown manages to sponge off harding ( use up all of harding private money ) but still come back for more . it seem there be a $ 1 and 000 . 00 debt that be owe and and brown can not face meeker about it . harding pawn a ring for $ 500 . 00 ( brown be upset that the pawnbroker do not pay her the full value of the ring a though a pawnbroker would . ) . but brown be spoil and rotten enough to consider either borrow the money from powell ( without tell harding ) or go to a male admirer ( hugh huntley ) and make an arrangement with him for the money . harding and stephenson affection for brown a a member of their family be understandable and but both know she a selfish and spoiled brat . she do considerable damage in the film and it be a weakness ( i would call it a serious weakness ) that she never really suffer the consequence about it while others do suffer . somehow that would not pass these day . otherwise the performance of the two lead ( especially the under appreciated harding ) make the film quite watchable . also good be owen and a the perfect butler or valet and who have a funny sequence at one of the most disastrous dinner party in movie history .