the 1935 version of enchanted april manages to be simultaneously tediousand perfunctory . it be difficult to show the transformative magic of italy shooting in a studio with only stereotypical italian behavior to belabor . the transformation of the four stranger flee london be instantaneous in the cut from the first day to a week later . rather than develop and the screenplay flip a switch and thecharacters be different . the husband be bore enough in flashback without turn up and even if their presence do not drive the four woman back into their shell and or or hostility . jessie ralph have the most fun ( move instead of entirely chew up thescenery ) and katharine alexander have some poignant charm out of herhusband shadow ( and away from his hideous droning ) . ann harding isunremarkable here ( with the production code be enforce ) . she have anappropriate line in an early ( pre code ) movie and when lady meet represent yourenot worth a minute of one anxious hour that either one of u have give you and but in enchanted april can only look hurt and rush out and and proclaim fealty to her errant husband .