Aug 21 movie: Theodora Goes Wild. The movie opens with Irene Dunne leading a small-town ladies club who are shocked, shocked I tell you, by the local paper serializing a racy bestselling novel. Lo and behold, said racy novel was actually written by pseudonoymous Dunne!
The first half-hour or so I found this movie too much of a conventional romantic comedy and was disappointed. But then the movie does a 180 when, just as the title promised, Theodora goes wild. What was that they say about first impressions? The rest of the movie was unpredictable, hilarious, and even had a point (which I'm surprised they were allowed to make under the Hayes code). I greatly enjoyed this and I would watch it again anytime. Besides Dunne, the movie costars Melvyn Douglas. My favorite supporting actor was the upright & seemingly prissy aunt, who when push comes to shove refuses to judge Theodora, no matter what Theodora pretends to have done.
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