be there such a thing a appreciate melodrama while be amuse by it . if so and that be what this film do for me . everything that other user have say about the overacting and wordiness and exaggerated characterization and etc . be true and but somehow it still work and produce an enjoyable movie . bogie be fabulous a always ( although he do hold his arm a bit like a primate when he walk ) and leslie howard be play the watery romantic that leslie howard do best and bette davis face actually doesn not frighten me for once ( no offense bette davis fan and she a great actress and but i first saw her in the nanny and that be how i will always remember her ) . the plot be a little outlandish and but if you do not take it literally ( good for nothing artist meet waitress and a couple of hour later ask to be shoot so that she can take a trip to france ) but more figuratively ( disillusioned man be willing to sacrifice everything so that someone he love can fulfill her dream ) it be more poignant . at the literal level the film be entertain in an almost comedic way ( you really do not know what they be go to come out with next ) and on a more theoretical level it be a serious drama .