Second viewing; the first one was on September 30, 1990.
The film is comprised of six segments, connected only by a tail coat which changes hands from one story to the next. I have not been able to ascertain who wrote what in it, except for Donald Ogden Stewart, who is reported by Wikipedia to have written or co-written the last episode.
Story 1: A theater actor, after opening night, decides to pay a visit to his former lover, who is now married to an older man. Story 2: On her wedding day, a woman finds a compromising letter in the pocket of her fiancé's tail coat. Story 3: A nightclub pianist who aspires to a career in classical music gets an audition with a renowned conductor. Story 4: A homeless man receives an invitation for his Law School class reunion. Story 5: A crook is scheduled to give a temperance lecture at a society woman's house, but the drink has been tampered with by her husband. Story 6: Money from a robbery falls from a plane onto a poor rural community.
I love omnibus films, they are very easy to watch and rarely disappoint me. In this one, I liked all the stories but one. The connecting theme seems to be that event which suddenly changes the fate of a person or a group of persons. The stories have that touch of poetry and humor that is, I think, more usual in shorter stories than in longer ones. The one story I did not like is the one about the homeless man, which is very implausible and totally devoid of humor. And, since we are at it, I have a question (not that it matters much): after a lawyer is disbarred, how will he be able to practice again?
Rating: 60 (unchanged)
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