Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
Acting
Miriam Hopkins' rapid-fire delivery is pure screwball perfection
Writing
Pre-Code zingers about gold-digging that'll make you gasp-laugh
Director
William A. Seiter
Miriam Hopkins
Dorothy Hunter
Joel McCrea
Anthony Travers
Fay Wray
Sylvia Lockwood
Henry Stephenson
John Connors
Reginald Denny
Phillip Lockwood
Beryl Mercer
Maid
George Meeker
Donald
Wade Boteler
Jim Franey
Herbert Bunston
Cavendish
Burr McIntosh
David Preston
Edgar Norton
Binkley - The Butler
Selmer Jackson
Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1934 gem sneaked in right before the Hays Code fully clamped down, letting women crack wise about economic desperation and sexual strategy with shocking frankness.
Fay Wray was fresh off King Kong (1933) and reportedly took this lighter role specifically to escape being typecast as the screaming blonde in peril.
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