Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

A delightful screwball comedy. Irene Dunne's performance as Theodora rivals Hepburn's screwy turns in Hawks's "Bringing Up Baby", arguably one of the best comedy films ever made. Melvyn Douglas co-stars & plays his fancy-free screen persona with the ocassional crack in his voice.

The film's structure is a 2-Act; an exercise in character reciprocity. In the first half, the man teaches the woman how to live & be true to one's self. In the longer second half, the woman returns the favour when she discovers the man's double life. Melvyn's character is not intensely hypocritical, just resigned & dispossessed, that is until Theodora came along & swept him off his feet! http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0028355/