"School for Husbands" is one of those witty, urbane, and inconsequential comedies that the English do so well. With a story that might have come out of the "Decameron", and a capable cast headed by Rex Harrison, Director Swanson has blended a screen cocktail that is pleasantly aphrodisiacal (in a nice way, of course).

Mr. Harrison himself is the smoothest ingredient. As a novelist who works in a studio with a romantic north light, he understands women so well that he is willing to teach a couple of smug husbands that if they want to hold their wives, they had better come across with some of the little niceties that ladies appreciate. Mr. Harrison has a lot of fun teaching them their lesson, and so does the audience, if you like attempted seduction in an atmosphere of soft music, low lights, and exquisitely cut dinner jackets. Mr. Harrison's technique would make even a Princeton senior squirm with envy.

This picture is deftly directed throughout in an even mood of triviality. It has no overtones of any kind, except a faint note to the effect that wives like husbands to praise their new negligees.

Don't go to the Translux with the idea of getting out in a couple of hours, just because there's no double feature. The program is jammed with newsreels, popular science features, and countless shots of the King and Queen in Canada. Disney's "Ugly Duckling," however, is a gem; and the March of Time on the problems of Dixieland is one of the best.