Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

A wealthy manufacturing executive (Walter Connolly) is ignored by his self centered family. When he brings home a girl (Ginger Rogers) he met in the park and provides her with a job and lodging, it's not long before they all fall under the spell of this working class young lady. Directed by Gregory La Cava (STAGE DOOR). A modest but perfectly charming "screwball" comedy and a reminder what a delightful comedienne Ginger Rogers was (I'm not a big fan of her dramatic work, she always seems to be working too hard). The original version had a bleak ending but that was reshot with a more conventional happy ending. The movie was a hit! The entire cast attack their parts with relish. The film pokes fun at the rich as well as wannabe communists. Not a major entry in the screwball comedy sweepstakes but a lot of fun. With Tim Holt, Verree Teasdale, James Ellison, Louis Calhern, Franklin Pangborn and Jack Carson.