What is most endearing about this minor comedy mystery is the sparkling romantic chemistry between Brian Ahern and Loretta Young, who in no way were trying to copy THE THIN MAN. No, how could they in the same bargain basement at the 13 Gay Street set that Harry Cohn at Columbia had built for MY SISTER EILEEN, and was only to happy to rent again? The screenwriters of this film, lest we forget, went on from here to make Cohn a lot of money with the very popular Blondie pictures, and the couple Brian and Loretta play are much to closer to hapless Dagwood and his smarter mate than Nick and Nora. Yes, there are many too gags that fall flat, of course, as well as plot turns that make no sense, but all in all the direction by a Richard Wallace, a former film editor, is first-rate, excellently paced and staged. Loretta Young, as we will all agree, I hope, was one of the great beauties of the Golden Age, but she was also an excellent comedienne, a true star, no doubt about that. Ahern was never more likeable. Too bad they never did more pictures like this together.
Review of A Night to Remember
