A prim and proper nurse (Loretta Young) has a suppressed personality. Sometimes, her other personality, that of a bold seductress takes over but she doesn't remember what happens. Complications ensue when the repressed nurse becomes engaged to one man (John Ridgely) but the femme fatale seduces another man (Joseph Cotten), who falls in love with her. Directed by Richard Sale (GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES). This Technicolor comedy should be way funnier than it is. The premise is rife with farcical possibilities but they're nowhere to be found. The movie's screenplay assumes that the very idea of a woman having a split personality is comic enough and it just isn't. It's not fair to judge the performances of Young and Cotten because the script puts a strait jacket on them. Even expert farceurs like Irene Dunne and Cary Grant would be hard pressed to elevate the comedic quotient. With Cecil Kellaway, Jim Backus, Irene Ryan and Basil Ruysdael.
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