Cafe Society (1939) DVD-R

Starring Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Jessie Ralph, Claude
Gillingwater, Allyn Joslyn
Directed by Edward H. Griffith

Print: black/white
Runtime: 83 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Paramount's Café Society applies a glossy new coat of paint to a wheezy old plotline.
Madeleine Carroll plays a debutante named Christopher, who after a whirlwind courtship
marries newspaper photographer Crick O'Banion (Fred MacMurray). But when Crick finds
out that he's been rushed to the altar so that Christoper can win a bet with society
columnist Sonny DeWitt (Allyn Joslyn) he vows to teach her a good lesson. With the sub
rosa help of Christopher's wealthy uncle (Claude Gillingwater Sr.), Crick contrives a
latter-day "Taming of the Shrew" scenario. It's all been done before and would all be done
again, but the stars are attractive and the production values top-rank.