Ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake (Joan Blondell) uses her feminine wiles and any bold-faced lie to get the story before rivals like Snoopy Davis. She is set to marry her editor Bill Morgan (Pat O'Brien) despite having constant arguments with him. Her next assignment is reporting on the death of the rich motor baron Spencer Wade. She comes into town declaring that he was poisoned. Eugene Forde was his doctor. Timmy's reporting starts laying suspicions upon the widow Arline Wade.
I'm not sure that they actually love each other. Do they even like each other? There is a difference between angry banter and loving banter. Pat O'Brien is not doing loving and Joan oscillates. The movie does these big broad screwball comedy bits and some don't come off right. The shattered glass doors always come after their fights and that accentuates something that needs less accents. I don't like this pairing but I do like Timmy being a scheming reporter. Joan Blondell could pull off sassy and scheming with enough appeal. Her oscillations help her in this case. This movie would work much better if only she isn't in a relationship.
I'm not sure that they actually love each other. Do they even like each other? There is a difference between angry banter and loving banter. Pat O'Brien is not doing loving and Joan oscillates. The movie does these big broad screwball comedy bits and some don't come off right. The shattered glass doors always come after their fights and that accentuates something that needs less accents. I don't like this pairing but I do like Timmy being a scheming reporter. Joan Blondell could pull off sassy and scheming with enough appeal. Her oscillations help her in this case. This movie would work much better if only she isn't in a relationship.