Une épouse modèle

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell are married. They don't let it be known down at Lucille Watson's department store, where they both work; Miss Watson fires all married women. They're trying to save enough to have a baby, but money is tight, and Miss Watson's son, Lee Bowman, thinks Miss Blondell would make him a good wife. So does Miss Watson. She sees the improvement in Bowman since he got ideas into his head.

Leigh Jason's movie is not a comedy, although it has some fine comic actors, including Charley Ruggles, Ruth Donnelly, and Billy Gilbert. Powell and Miss Blondell are too worn down by money worries, and the day-to-day of trying to put away a few bucks The comics offer some relief to the grind, but even the best situations disappear into a miasma of anger when nothing works. It's a fine performance by Powell, who was trying to get out of the grind of being a boy crooner, and by Miss Blondell, who seems as distraught by the situation as he.