Thinking that her marriage to the handsome Alan dinehart is a happy one, naive housewife Linda Watkins goes off to find a temporary apartment while he is away on business. What she finds is that he has had a mistress, and by chance, the place that she looks at to rent is regularly occupied by the mistress where made Louise Beavers remains behind. Through Beavers, Watkins learns about the life of these women who go after wealthy married men who are either bored or unhappy, and Watkins decides to temporarily live life as one of them to find out what is so appealing about being or having a mistress. Before long, Watkins is a part of the party set, having befriended Nisson's circle of girlfriends and meet handsome businessman John Boles who thinks that she's a nice single girl, unaware of her marital status and the crowd that she is hanging around with under false pretenses. when her husband comes back, Watkins must face the truth and confront the man she thought she was happy with, leading to a predictable conclusion.
What starts off as an interesting pre-code drama (with some comedy elements) quickly becomes a bit boring and unsatisfying when the plot becomes fully developed. Some of the party sequences are fun with outrageous costumes and frenetic dances, but it becomes bog down in modern romantic drama. Hedda Hopper gives the best performance as Watkins socialite mother, initially supportive to the entire marriage, but urging Watkins to divorce her rat of a husband when the truth is revealed.
Boles is elegant yet nobly dull, and Dinehart's character is underdeveloped. Louise Beavers gets the best lines, especially commenting that she expected Watkins to have a boyfriend, not just a collector salary, but you get tips and gifts from the male admirers. it's another case of Beavers making the most out of a subordinate character and winning over the viewers heart in the process. As for Watkins, her performance leave the viewer wondering why she didn't have a better career on film. The film had potential, but took turns that ultimately turned it into another marital drama that really makes no impact.
What starts off as an interesting pre-code drama (with some comedy elements) quickly becomes a bit boring and unsatisfying when the plot becomes fully developed. Some of the party sequences are fun with outrageous costumes and frenetic dances, but it becomes bog down in modern romantic drama. Hedda Hopper gives the best performance as Watkins socialite mother, initially supportive to the entire marriage, but urging Watkins to divorce her rat of a husband when the truth is revealed.
Boles is elegant yet nobly dull, and Dinehart's character is underdeveloped. Louise Beavers gets the best lines, especially commenting that she expected Watkins to have a boyfriend, not just a collector salary, but you get tips and gifts from the male admirers. it's another case of Beavers making the most out of a subordinate character and winning over the viewers heart in the process. As for Watkins, her performance leave the viewer wondering why she didn't have a better career on film. The film had potential, but took turns that ultimately turned it into another marital drama that really makes no impact.