Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Wellman knew to keep this story short -- it runs just 73 minutes -- and speedy. And yet he understands how to conduct it so that it's more than just breakneck comedy.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Classically funny Wellman screwball comedy starring wonderful Lombard, equalled by March.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Sophisticated, well-oiled 1930s screwball comedy.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The film has been perceived as a satire on yellow journalism due to Hect'd experience. There's a key line in which a NY journalst is told: A Newspaperman? The hand of God reaching down into the mire couldn't elevate one of them to the depth of degradation
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Lori Hoffman, Atlantic City Weekly
All time classic satire about media-generated fame
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