Jewel Robbery (1932)

Set in Vienna, a Baroness (Kay Francis) relieves the boredom of her marriage to an older man (Henry Kolker) with love affairs but even the adultery is beginning to bore her. However, when she is in a jewelry store and a gentleman thief (William Powell) and his gang break in and rob the place, he takes the time to flirt with her and she finds herself attracted to him. Based on the Hungarian play EKSZERRABIAS A VACI-UTCABAN by Ladislas Fodor (and its English adaptation by Bertram Bloch) and directed by William Dieterle (HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME). A thin pre code romantic comedy and heist movie hybrid that does little to hide its theatrical origins. Still, there's the star power of William Powell showing off the charm that would make his Nick Charles in THE THIN MAN a hit two years later and Kay Francis modeling her Orry Kelly frocks. This was Powell's and Francis's fifth movie together and they play off each other nicely which compensates for the stilted screenplay. This being a pre code movie, adultery is treated quite casually (somehow in these movies, it seemed acceptable among the rich) and marijuana cigarettes passed around like candy! With Helen Vinson and Alan Mowbray.