Smart Woman (1931)
5/10
Old fashioned story trying to be modern
18 September 2012
Warning: Spoilers
It's ridiculous that Mary Astor would prefer Richie Cunningham-I mean Robert Ames to anyone else. What a dolt and he is totally unappealing as the role of the cheating husband she is desperate to hold on to, by cooking up schemes.

Mary Astor looks better than she ever has-she is so much more beautiful than Norma Shearer ever was in similar roles and so much more natural.

I'd give this an even lower score, if not for some of the acting. The plot is the usual silliness of such films.

If you watch it, watch it for Mary as you know perfectly well she will end up back with her doofy husband.
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