Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

utgard14 Scatterbrained society matron (Billie Burke) hires a man named Rawlins (Brian Aherne) to work as her family's chauffeur. She thinks he's a hobo and she has a habit of bringing home hobos and trying to rehabilitate them. Enjoyable knock-off of My Man Godfrey also stars Constance Bennett, who was originally supposed to star in that film before the part was given to Carole Lombard. Alan Mowbray appeared in both movies. Obnoxiously loud Patsy Kelly makes it hard to take her scenes but the rest of the cast is good enough you can overlook her. Brian Aherne, Billie Burke, and Ann Dvorak are all good. Bonita Granville is cute as a button and probably my favorite part of the movie. Peppy title song sounds like the theme from a '60s sitcom. Not as good as Godfrey but lots of fun anyway.

wes-connors Breakfast at a spectacular mansion is disrupted by the disappearance of a tramp, along with the family's silverware. Gesturing wildly, blonde daughter Constance Bennett (as Geraldine "Jerry" Kilbourne) tries to calm everyone down. Meanwhile, a new "tramp" is nearby. After accidentally losing his rickety automobile, seemingly homeless hobo Brian Aherne (as E. Wade Rawlins) arrives to use the phone and is mistaken for a job applicant. Frazzled butler Alan Mowbray (as Grosvenor) try to get rid of Mr. Aherne, but ditsy matriarch Billie Burke (as Emily) insists he stay on as chauffeur. She has a habit of taking in tramps. Aherne cleans up well and attracts romantic attention, most notably from Ms. Bennett. "Merrily We Live" is fast-paced, nicely cast and well produced. It provided Ms. Burke with a well-deserved "Academy Award" nomination for a variation of the fluttery supporting character she often played.****** Merrily We Live (3/4/38) Norman Z. McLeod ~ Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray

JLRMovieReviews If you're looking for a screwball comedy, look no further. This is the screwiest! Constance Bennett are sick and tired of mother's habit of taking in tramps and trying to rehabilitate them. So when her latest protégée Ambrose takes off with the family silverware, they say good riddance! Except for Billie Burke, who is so good as the flighty mother, we miss her when she's not on the screen.Enter Brian Aherne whose car broke down and he only wants to use the phone at the closest location. Big mistake entering the Kilbourne estate! Constant mayhem ensues when Billie Burke insists on keeping him. Sense and logic fly out the window, so just sit back and enjoy. Reminiscent of My Man Godfrey and costarring Bonita Granville and Clarence Kolb, this non-stop comedy is too good to miss.

gulfandgotham As has been noted before (often), this is a brilliant screwball comedy and yet somehow "a lost movie." How do such things happen? Fate, I suppose - which is no answer at all.Do, however,seek out this film when you can find it. I saw it on Turner Classic Movies (God Bless Them), and I will make it my business to gather a crowd when viewing its next showing. Considering how across-the-board dazzling the film is, I hate to single out anyone, but Clarence Kolb, who plays the always exasperated "pater familias," and whom we have all seen in dozens of movies, here displays a mastery of physical comedy that is singularly impressive and downright hilarious.