Boy on boy, Hays has been thrown right out the window of Hollywood into the Pacific Ocean, or wherever they throw misbegotten censors. A riot named "This Thing Called Love" is the instigator of Mr. Hays' demise, and Melvyn Douglas and Rosalind Russell are the main cogs in the destructive machine.

This excellent movie revolves around a little book written by Miss Russell, acting as an insurance actuary, which sets up a beautiful, but oh so dull, scheme for a successful marriage. The idea of her plan is to be married, but to conduct a strictly platonic relationship for the first three months until both parties are satisfied that they are meant for each other. Douglas, playing the role of a normal man, tries to sneak one over on his wife and break up the plan. He tries in the only way he knows how, and his attempts, coupled with a few side plots furnish the humor of the picture. Apparently he knows how to break up a platonic friendship, for the picture ends as his bride slips a symbol of plenty of offspring in the form of an idol, into his bedroom. The story ends there--shucks!

Outside of the fact that the film is a precedent breaker it is one of the funniest works that the Hollywood boys have sent out in a good long time. One scene in particular is a side splitter. Douglas, in order to put over a business deal tells his prospect, who is the father of umpteen children, that Russell is going to have a baby. The attempts to keep this rather important fact away from the unsuspecting girl prove hilarious. Aided by the clever Binnie Barnes, Douglas turns a dinner scene into a three ring circus. Every time the childloving prospect tries to congratulate the supposed expectant mother, Douglas proposes a toast, finally falling back on the singing of "America." This movie is 'way ahead of a Zimmerman lecture on The Family.

On the same bill is a picture called "Nobody's Children" which has a good message but drags. It concerns orphan children and their problem of finding a place in the world. All done in a good spirit, but it should be shown only at parent-teachers' meetings.