by Hal Erickson
synopsis
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.
characteristics
- Publicity
- Police
- Morals
- Metamorphosis
- Menace
- Morality
- Rescue
- Swindle
- Wickedness
- Strife
- Shipboard
- Scam
- Marriage
- Malevolence
- Cop
