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...with Shakespeare, and slyly recalls his own ill-fated venture with "Hamlet." Bette Davis plays Mr. Howard's occasional fiancee, and when she is not engaged in throwing furniture at him, she is crying her eyes out over his latest amour. The amour in this case is Olivia De Havilland who uncovers a flare for comedy and a winsome appeal that she has not displayed previously. Eric Blore, as Mr. Howard's butler and critic, succeeds in stealing most of the scenes in which he appears. The supporting cast is adequate but unexceptional...
...story is Mr. Howard's attempt to reform himself and tread the primrose path with Miss Davis. He starts his reformation by walking out on her their wedding night. His idea is to show his new strength of character by purposely disillusioning the romantically inclined Miss De Havilland. In the course of the proceedings, Mr. Howard successively insults her family, makes biting remarks about her moles, acts as a drunkard, but all to no avail. Miss De Havilland is exceedingly difficult to disillusion...
When a frightened young woman (Olivia de Havilland) arrives with a fluttery story about a wrecked coach, Garrick accepts her as part of the plot, grandly surrenders his rooms to her. While he feigns concern for her safety and distress during the continued ructions, he decides she is a very bad actress. Later he tells her so, then beats the French at their own game, by impersonating one of their members. When he reveals himself there are mutual apologies and gallant toasts all round; but the girl has fled. In Paris he looks for her backstage, discovers that, sure enough...
Irene and The Joy of Living with Irene Dunne; Stage Door with Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers; Victoria the Great with Anton Walbrook and Anna Neagle; and a covey of new celebrities including Joan Fontaine, sister of Warner Cinemactress Olivia de Havilland...
...that at its end the Hiltons are exactly where they were at its beginning constitutes its denouement. This is because, in the interim, each has been touched, lightly as by the warm March wind, by currents in life that invite or threaten change. Seventeen-year-old Catherine (Olivia de Havilland) has fallen in first love with the artist who is painting her portrait. Her brother Martin (Peter Willes) is interrupted in planning to run away from home by an invitation to dinner from the girl next door (Anita Louise). Roger Hilton (Ian Hunter), a diligent and prosperous accountant...