The remoteness of a cabin in Labrador where Robert Montgomery sits at his
wireless set with only some Eskimo retainers for company is not exactly the
setting one would think of for drawing room comedy. But in Petticoat Fever
Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy and the rest of the cast make it work.
Montgomery is not all he seems, he's a minor offshoot from a noble family in a kind of exile for some indiscreet behavior. You have to say though he does manage to live well. I mean when he does get some unexpected guests he does entertain well given his circumstances.
The guests are Myrna Loy and Reginald Owen and he's some London society bigwig. Their plane has crash landed and they're forced to stay with Montgomery for a bit. He's a most hospitable host and the usual happens with Bob and Myrna.
Things get sidetracked a bit Gloria Shotter shows up who is a woman who think she has an understanding with Montgomery, but these things do work out in these kind of films.
As the only conversation that Montgomery has listen to some of the understated lines that Otto Yamaoka has. That Japanese-American playing an Eskimo has some wit to him. Sadly I read he spent World War II interned and never did return to the screen post World War II.
Petticoat Fever is a very bright comedy that still hold up after over 80 years, I recommend it highly.
Montgomery is not all he seems, he's a minor offshoot from a noble family in a kind of exile for some indiscreet behavior. You have to say though he does manage to live well. I mean when he does get some unexpected guests he does entertain well given his circumstances.
The guests are Myrna Loy and Reginald Owen and he's some London society bigwig. Their plane has crash landed and they're forced to stay with Montgomery for a bit. He's a most hospitable host and the usual happens with Bob and Myrna.
Things get sidetracked a bit Gloria Shotter shows up who is a woman who think she has an understanding with Montgomery, but these things do work out in these kind of films.
As the only conversation that Montgomery has listen to some of the understated lines that Otto Yamaoka has. That Japanese-American playing an Eskimo has some wit to him. Sadly I read he spent World War II interned and never did return to the screen post World War II.
Petticoat Fever is a very bright comedy that still hold up after over 80 years, I recommend it highly.