The Gay Bride (1934)

A gold digging showgirl (Carole Lombard) is determined to marry a rich man regardless of the consequences. She sets her eyes on a bootlegger (Nat Pendleton) whose bodyguard (Chester Morris) is onto her larcenous ways. Based on the short story REPEAL by Charles Francis Coe and directed by Jack Conway (LIBELED LADY). Surprisingly enjoyable second tier screwball comedy that involves multiple gangland murders and a heroine ready to sell herself to the highest bidder no matter how repugnant. Lombard (in her only film for MGM) is charming but she needed a stronger leading man than Chester Morris (there's a reason he never became a Star) whose lowkey acting doesn't give her much to play off. The movie was critically dismissed, a box office flop and even Lombard and Morris disliked it but I suspect it plays better today than it did in 1934. With Zasu Pitts, Leo Carrillo, Gene Lockhart and Sam Hardy.