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Lady X should be better known!
One of the most charming of the "screwball comedies." Highlights include the delightful performances of Laurence Olivier as the smug young attorney and Merle Oberon as the lady who taunts him, but the performance you should not miss is that of Ralph Richardson as the dotty husband who hires Olivier to arrange the divorce proceedings that complicate the plot. Richardson and Olivier seem to have established a rapport in this film that made them exceptionally comfortable acting together. Each carries his own role in a way that enhances the wit and the humor of the other's part. Richardson is at his understated best in the scene where he leaves Olivier's office totally mystified by some chance remark but filled with suspicion! The film is full of gleeful surprises, and the plot just intricate enough to hold up under a third, a fourth, or a fifth viewing. It lacks the sophistication of Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins' "Trouble in Paradise," but it is as full of exhilarating surprises. Here's a chance to see the young Olivier playing the daft lover. Compare this to his suave performance in the more mature role of the Doctor in "Uncle Vanya."

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A very cute movie!
This movie is one that shouldn't be taken seriously. It's a cute little romp about a girl(Merle Oberon) playing a joke on a naive gorgeous young lawyer(Lawrence Olivier). He easily falls in love with her but thinks that she is a wicked woman who's been married several times. She plays along and lets him think that it's true causing all kinds of funny chaos in the life of the love -struck lawyer. Lawrence Olivier looks especially dashing and handsome! This is a must see for any Olivier and Oberon fan and for anyone else who loves no brainer type flicks.

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..and oldie does not mean goldie every time.
A manipulative girl and a spine-less man. She should have been used as a prototype for some major attack vehicle (the attitude, not the size) and he would have done well as a bathroom towel - soft and pliable and one can fold it any way one wants. Terribly afraid of dark stains, though. She decides first that she wants his bed (without him in it) and then him (with the bed). He does not decide anything.

I suppose one of the main reasons why Olivier became such a fantastic Shakespear actor was that he understood that otherwise he would have had to play in more stupid movies like that one. That was a very wise decision.