The Bride Comes Home (1935)

When her father (William Collier Sr.) goes bankrupt, an heiress (Claudette Colbert) is forced to seek work to support them. To this end, she asks a rich playboy (Robert Young) who's in love with her for a job at the new magazine he's started. She immediately clashes with the magazine's editor (Fred MacMurray) but their mutual antagonism results in a romance. Directed by Wesley Ruggles (I'M NO ANGEL), this is a limp example of a screwball comedy. Colbert and MacMurray go into overtime trying to buoy things up but to no avail. It's not their chemistry which is solid (they made seven movies together) and except for his drunk scenes which are embarrassing, Young is an asset to the film. But I'll be damned if I know what's wrong except that nothing jells. The script is okay and Ruggles pushes his actors as far as he can but no dice. Chalk it up to a misfire. With Donald Meek and Richard Carle.