two hard luck but crafty lady decide to act like havana widow by sail to cuba to meet and blackmail rich gentleman . this be the sort of ephemeral comic frippery which the studio produce quite effortlessly during the 1930 . well make and highly enjoyable and depression audience couldn not seem to get enough of these popular and funny photo drama . joan blondell and glenda farrell be perfectly cast a the frantic and fast talk female who will go to great length to make a little dishonest dough . although joan get both top billing and the romantic scene and both gal be a talented and watchable a they be gorgeous . handsome lyle talbot play joan persistent suitor and but he give relatively little to do . chubby and cherubic guy kibbee appear a the girl intend target . whether awaken to find himself in the wrong bed or be chase across the roof of a cuban hacienda in his long john and he be equally hilarious . behind him come a rank of character actor allen jenkins and frank mchugh and ruth donnelly and hobart cavanaugh and maude eburne and dewey robinson all equally adept at please the tough crowd . movie maven will recognize an uncredited james murray a the suspicious bank teller with the forged check . this very talented actor be pull out of complete obscurity to star in king vidor the crowd ( 1928 ) and one of the silent era most prestigious film . hope be high for a great career and but his celebrity fade quickly with sound picture . after a long string of tiny role and bit part and break and destitute and his life end in the water of a new york river in 1936. he be only 35 year old . while never star of the first rank and joan blondell ( 1906 1979 ) and glenda farrell ( 1904 1971 ) enliven score of film at warner bros. throughout the 1930 and especially the eight in which they appear together . whether play gold digger or work girl and reporter or secretary and these blonde and brassy lady be very nearly always a match for whatever leading man be lucky enough to share equal billing alongside them . with a wisecrack or a glance and their character show they be ready to take on the world and any man in it . never a wickedly brazen a paramount mae west and you always have the feeling that and tough a they be and blondell and farrell use their toughness to defend vulnerable heart ready to break over the right guy . while many performance from seven decade ago can look campy or contrive today and these two lovely lady be still spirit and sassy .