Second viewing; first viewed on August 6, 1995.
Dramatic comedy set on a boarding house for struggling actresses. The usual problems faced by such creatures are displayed.
Very entertaining and even-talkier-than-usual-for-its-genre-and-time Hollywood comedy. The non-stop succession of witty one-liners is quite amazing and the strong point of the movie. The story is clichéd though, and, being a post-Hays code picture, sexual innuendo is countered by scarce on-screen transgression and by further innuendo to the effect that nothing much actually turns out to have happened off-screen either (e.g., the dumped "slut" implies she wasn't as generous as others may think). The casting is felicitous, especially when it comes to Hepburn as the Sexual Justice Warrior. Reportedly, it is very different from the source play, and TV Guide has a fine review that furthermore has some information on the making of this film.
Rating: 75 (up from 70)
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