Apr 08 2013 08:56 AM
Having worked our way through The Thin Man series, we settled this film also featuring Myrna Loy and William Powell, with a side dose of Clark Gable thrown in to make it love triangle with skinny mustaches on two of the corners. Two orphans grow up as unrelated brothers. One plays it straight and studies hard and becomes a virtuous DA with a bright future in politics. The other becomes a gambler, a stylish lowlife, a criminal, a rake. Despite their divergent paths, they retain their mutual affection, and one woman loves them both.
Um... this is what movies used to sorta be like, but...