An entitled and arrogant heiress (Irene Dunne) has no sense of money and squanders her entire inheritance until she's bankrupt. A psychiatrist (Patric Knowles) is assigned to her case. Posing as her chauffeur, he takes her to Arizona where her pragmatic grandmother (Queenie Vassar) lives. Directed by Gregory La Cava (MY MAN GODFREY). As a screwball comedienne supreme, Dunne is in her element here but alas, the material is inferior. The film also has an unsavory misogynistic undercurrent to it. After Knowles slaps her, she actually says, "When a man slaps a woman, it shows he loves her!". Everybody tries their damnedest to to make the thing work but to no avail. Patric Knowles is usually a pleasant if benign presence in his movie roles but he's too sane to be a convincing lead in a screwball comedy unless he's playing the third wheel but the part goes to Ralph Bellamy, who specialized in these kinds of roles. As the grandmother, Queenie Vassar brings some much needed spark and sass to the film. With Eugene Pallette and Samuel S. Hinds.
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