Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

On a 48 hour leave, a sailor (Dennis O'Keefe) ties the knot with his socialite sweetheart (Martha Scott). The newlyweds  are all set to start their honeymoon when a snowballing series of events threaten to roadblock every avenue of marital bliss. Directed by Andrew L. Stone (THE LAST VOYAGE), this minor entry in the screwball comedies of the 1940s is intermittently amusing. Often breaking the fourth wall (not unlike the Hope-Crosby ROAD movies) by having the actors comment on situations outside the movie's plot ("That's the director's girlfriend, he's trying to put her in as many scenes as he can"). The talented cast is game and they barrel through the dialogue quickly hoping we don't realize it's not all that funny. But if you stick with it, it grows on you. With Adolphe Menjou, June Havoc, Billie Burke, Pola Negri and Walter Kingsford.