Frank Borzage directed and Francis Marion wrote the screenplay for this fine comedy-drama about the trials and tribulations of a young couple's first year of marriage. The film's highlight is a dinner party the wife (Grace Livingston) sets up to help her husband (Matt Moore) land a big business deal in which everything imaginable goes wrong. The newlyweds have plenty of trouble and laughs throughout this beautifully acted picture, but they finish their difficult first year with hubby making good and a baby on the way. Subtle and charming, this romantic comedy deserves a much bigger audience. One pleased observer called it The Crowd meets Skinner's Dress Suit! Phil Carli on piano. Thank god for film festivals like this one that make rare films like this available and the folks who provide comments to IMDB for others to share. Please support the IMDB and early film festivals!
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boblipton25 May 2018Shy, hardworking Matt Moore is about to sell some land to the railroad and brings home railroad executive J. Farrell MacDonald and his ex-showgirl wife to dinner. Too bad he's quarreling with his wife, Katherine Perry, the food has gone bad, the girl hired to serve doesn't know how and her old boyfriend shows up.
When we think of Frank Borzage, we think of very romantic works. Like any A-list director of the classic era, he could turn his hand to any genre, and here, a year from SEVENTH HEAVEN, he directs a funny comedy-of-errors from a stage show by Frank Craven, thanks to a scenario written by Francis Marion.
Interestingly, the subject would be remade by Fox in the early 1930s, with Borzage's super-stars, Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell, but under the direction of William K. Howard.