Johnny on the spot secretary Claudette Colbert is given the responsibility of turning boss Melvyn Douglas's home upside right thanks to dishonest servants, a bratty child and a domineering sister (Katherine Alexander) who needs more of a spanking than daughter Edith Fellows. Colbert and Douglas decide to marry to keep the house together but the office falls apart. It takes Douglas nearly losing Colbert and seeing everything go back to the way it was when Colbert briefly returns to the office and the disagreeable Alexander begins to take over again.
It takes a lot of patience to begin to find young Ms. Fellows appealing as she's one of the biggest movie brats ever, not really given any reason outside obvious neglect by her father for being so rotten. Alexander is equally dislikeable, and Colbert's friend, Jean Dixon, is equally obnoxious. This has a rather unbelievable premise that starts off just fine thanks to how Colbert charges into Douglas's house and cleans it right up. Fellows' hideous brat deserves more than she gets, and Alexander deserves complete banishment as do the writers for creating such one dimensional characters in the first place. The best moments go to Raymond Walburn as the replacement butler, a total gem the moment he's introduced.
It takes a lot of patience to begin to find young Ms. Fellows appealing as she's one of the biggest movie brats ever, not really given any reason outside obvious neglect by her father for being so rotten. Alexander is equally dislikeable, and Colbert's friend, Jean Dixon, is equally obnoxious. This has a rather unbelievable premise that starts off just fine thanks to how Colbert charges into Douglas's house and cleans it right up. Fellows' hideous brat deserves more than she gets, and Alexander deserves complete banishment as do the writers for creating such one dimensional characters in the first place. The best moments go to Raymond Walburn as the replacement butler, a total gem the moment he's introduced.