The negatives: much of the movie is predictable, and, for me, the Pat O'Brien character - hard-boiled newspaper editor - is just _too_ cliched. His character has no depth, and there's nothing to indicate why Blondell's character would fall for him.
The positives: it's really a Blondell movie, and the scenes between her and Margaret Lindsay are my favorite: not quite as predictable, and both actors convinced me their characters had feelings (Lindsay's more restrained, fittingly).
Blondell carries the movie, but I also found Litel's acting made his character interesting, and I enjoyed seeing Ben Weldon playing a likeable character for once.
The positives: it's really a Blondell movie, and the scenes between her and Margaret Lindsay are my favorite: not quite as predictable, and both actors convinced me their characters had feelings (Lindsay's more restrained, fittingly).
Blondell carries the movie, but I also found Litel's acting made his character interesting, and I enjoyed seeing Ben Weldon playing a likeable character for once.