force and cloy and formulaic . do these adjective make you want to run to rent his . miriam hopkins be brilliant in the original dr. jekyl and mr. hyde . a few other early movie of hers and notably the story of temple drake and be never show but say to be excellent . here and she be cutesy and bossy and and thoroughly unappealing . ray milland a a greeniwch village bohemian not at all convincing . the two child performer be creepy and also bear no relation to the village a it be then . speak a a native of greenwich village and i find the setting ersatz and generic and and phony . not that i be around for a couple generation but my relative be there in 1937. it isn not funny . it isn not remotely authentic . we do not care about the character . so many movie be make about the struggle mass vs the capitalist at this time and and do with elan . easy living come to mind . it do not take place in the village . but it ring very true . this ring with a thudding knell .