The New Year's red-hot comedy!

Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers, S. Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall, Leonid Kenskey, Richard Haydn, Aubrey Mather, Allen Jenkins, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, Ralph Peters

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"That is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple!" - Miss Bragg, the maid

Why watch this? You are officially witnessing my new love affair with the amazing Barbara Stanwyck.

Plot Summary: Our story starts with a group of seven men, all unmarried bachelors. Each is over the age of 65, except one young, innocent, and quite handsome chap, Prof. Bertram Potts. They live together in a massive mansion, their years long charge is the creation of a new Encyclopedia. Each fellow has an area of expertise: math, science, etc. Mr. Potts, the English savant, realizes that his slang interpretations are out-dated, so he must venture out among real people. On his journey he chances upon glitzy, glamour girl Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea, who happens to be the squeeze of local mob boss, Joe Lilac.

Dad's Preview: Here we have simply a bundle of screwball joy. Under Howard Hawks' steady direction, the film is very entertaining, with laughs to spare. It was brilliant to cast the sheepish Cooper against the tour-de-feminine-force that is Ms. Stanwyck. If you like Rom-Coms, I highly recommend this Hollywood classic for you.

Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio Pictures