I went into this completely blind and was so pleasantly surprised. It felt like a looney tunes cartoon with the best most fast talking writing that was inducing belly laughs. The whole crowd dug this up. The standout performance was definitely the dad, who always kicked down the door grabbing everyone by their collar and tripping on his ass. The subject matter is very risqué for the time and feels so free flowing, like anything could happen, and that’s how it was written as well. They started shooting with only 30 pages and Sturges had to stay up late and write the next days work. Talk about writing in stone. Sturges is a very slept on director.

I went into this completely blind and was so pleasantly surprised. It felt like a looney tunes cartoon with the best most fast talking writing that was inducing belly laughs. The whole crowd dug this up. The standout performance was definitely the dad, who always kicked down the door grabbing everyone by their collar and tripping on his ass. The subject matter is very risqué for the time and feels so free flowing, like anything could happen, and that’s how it was written as well. They started shooting with only 30 pages and Sturges had to stay up late and write the next days work. Talk about writing in stone. Sturges is a very slept on director.

Very funny

Very funny

Not nearly enough of that cow in the kitchen scene

Not nearly enough of that cow in the kitchen scene

Norval Jones is the best character ever but wow is this a mess

Norval Jones is the best character ever but wow is this a mess

Preston Sturges gets it.

Always fun and entertaining, while the script isn’t quite as clever as some of his others, but has plenty of moments got me laughing out loud, which is impressive given its age.

While Eddie Bracken didn’t quite do it for me here, Betty Hutton rocked her part. She is adorable here but also extremely clever and delivers the best physical comedy of the film.

8 of his movies are up on Criterion, they’re all extremely clever and hold up well. Would recommend digging in!

Preston Sturges gets it.

Always fun and entertaining, while the script isn’t quite as clever as some of his others, but has plenty of moments got me laughing out loud, which is impressive given its age.

While Eddie Bracken didn’t quite do it for me here, Betty Hutton rocked her part. She is adorable here but also extremely clever and delivers the best physical comedy of the film.

8 of his movies are up on Criterion, they’re all extremely clever and hold up well. Would recommend digging in!