Hard To Get (1938)

A society girl (Olivia De Havilland) roars off in the family valet's (Melville Cooper) car without a cent in her pocket.  When she fills up the car with gas but can't afford to pay, the gas station attendant (Dick Powell) insists she pay by cleaning rooms in the station's adjoining motel. She concedes against her will, then plots her revenge. Based on the short story STUFFED SHIRT by Stephen Morehouse Avery and directed by Ray Enright (HAVANA WIDOWS). A minor romantic comedy that's a pleasant enough watch. As the mismatched pair, Dick Powell and Olivia De Havilland are up for the antics. Still in the crooner phase of his career, Powell sings four songs including You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby which debuts here and went on to become a standard in the American songbook. Fans of 1930s comedies should have some fun with this one. With Bonita Granville, Penny Singleton, Allen Jenkins, Charles Winninger Isabel Jeans and Thurston Hall.