(Flash Review)Another humble and honest look at life from a young Stewart. While on a business trip a young lawyer meets a striking young woman and poof, they get hitched the next day. Then reality sets in. Stewart is a lawyer with a crotchety old boss and his new wife tries to blend her life with his busy one. His new mother in-law is highly critical of their decisions, thus comes across as obnoxious. Next, along comes a baby and a serious life calamity strikes as the baby becomes very ill and the only place to turn for help is the crotchety old boss. This is the first time there is real tension in the story. Will the boss show that he has a heart and of course, is there a remedy for the baby's illness? At its core, this is a no nonsense drama; fairly straight forward with an interesting airplane scene in the mix and solid acting. If you are a James Stewart fan it'll be up your alley.

John Cromwell directed this marital comedy(with serious overtones) that stars Jimmy Stewart as John Mason, a successful young lawyer with a good law firm who meets, falls in love with, and marries a young woman named Jane(played by Carole Lombard) whom he brings home with him to the disapproval of his mother(played by Lucille Watson). Things become strained when he doesn't get an expected partnership at the firm, and later on, their baby gets sick, forcing John to scramble to get a valuable serum that is the only chance to save its life... Good performances by the leads compensates for uneven nature of the film, which is occasionally awkward , but ultimately appealing.

I thought with Stewart and Lombard as leads, I would get a light marital comedy. What I got instead was a well made tear-jerker, with a few lighter moments but with a whole lot of heavy dramatics. A film like this, I suspect, is mainly a matter of taste. No matter how well done, the results still amount to slickly done soap opera.The two young marrieds go through a series of ups and downs much as most marriages do. Stewart's hectic as the bright young attorney, who thinks himself a failure because of money problems. Lombard plays his loyal wife who provides the strong support he and their marriage need, even though she has to put up with a disapproving mother-in-law. But it's a very glum Lombard, not the typical free spirit of her best roles. As Stewart's penny- pinching boss, Coburn manages as a likable grump, who comes through when needed.The production's wise enough to break up the prosaics with a hair-raising flight for life, as a bi-plane races across storm-tossed skies to deliver life saving serum to the couple's sick baby. It's the movie's high point and with a twist or two. I expect a lot of folks can still identify with the couple's difficulties even though the production comes from the hard- pressed Depression era. Nonetheless, I can't help thinking that the dead-serious roles do not make use of the stars' special talents. Given the movie's unexceptional storyline, I also can't help thinking any number of lesser actors could have adequately filled the two leads. And in that important casting sense, the movie remains a disappointment. In short, the cast deserves better.

Pretty stupid film starring Cary Grant.Cary Grant is a milquetoast lawyer, 'struggling' (with a servant, so not struggling that much then) on a high class lawyer's 'meagre' salary (not like anyone else in 1939 then) and being berated by his odious mother.Grant is a lawyer who marries a woman he met for a few hours in Boston. They play the poor but happy scene struggling in a flat together with Grant's mother (struggling – a lawyer ?).Then the story veers into silly melodrama, as their baby gets pneumonia and a 'special serum' has to be flown from Salt Lake City and everything goes wrong.A few un-PC scenes with a happy negro servant adds interest.