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Financier J.B. Ball (Edward Arnold) -- known in the press as "the Bull of Broad Street" -- may be one of the wealthiest investment bankers in the country, but he also knows the value of a dollar. And when his wife (Mary Nash) spends 50,000 of them on a sable coat, he is driven into such a fury in the ensuing argument on the roof of their Fifth Avenue townhouse, that he throws the coat into the street -- where it promptly lands on the head of Mary Smith (Jean Arthur), a clerk-typist on her way to
Jul 7, 1937 Wide
Apr 22, 2008
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Preston Sturges wrote this Depression-era (1937) twist on the Cinderella story, and it acquires an airy grace from the direction of Mitchell Leisen.
Chic enchantment
... Jean Arthur (is) a different kind of working class girl elevated into high society by the fickle finger of fate.
Preston Sturges's imaginative script is one of his best, adroitly mixing his customary satire of capitalism and the class system with some dazzling dialogue and hilarious slapstick.
A delight.
Sparkling bit of comedy that works on almost every level.
an absolute delight. sturges' wonderful script, leisen's light touch, and adorable jean arthur. what else could u ask for!
March 31, 2011
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Silly but cute.
March 11, 2010
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