“Men don’t get smarter as they get older, they just lose their hair”! That's what “Gerry” (Claudette Colbert) believes about her husband, “Tom” (Joel McCrea), a frustrated designer who needs $90,000 to construct an advanced airport but has been turned down by conventional investors. Gerry suggests he’d be better off on his own, or even that she could divorce him and marry someone with money to finance his project. He…

A woman departs from her husband, who is an inventor, feeling that his life would be improved by her absence. She travels to Palm Beach with the intention of obtaining a divorce and encounters John D. Hackensacker the III, a wealthy man, during a rather chaotic train journey. The movie has a palpable sense of excitement in each moment, largely due to the experienced performers involved. Be sure to notice the initial …