Storyline

Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups. Soon, she's disillusioned about husband Larry; and one day in the doctor's waiting room she meets pianist Alexander Sebastian, who's even more confused than she is. Can this marriage be saved? Larry has a plan that is pure Lubitsch...—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

jealousy, fiance, implied sex, revolver, hungarian, waiting room, man slaps a woman, modern art, art gallery, insomnia, divorce, neglected wife, marital separation, insurance agent, punched in the face, portrait, phonograph, psychoanalysis, taming of the shrew, dysfunctional marriage

Short Review

Ernst Lubitsch, who produced as well as directed this sharply erotic comedy, seems to have saved up some of his best gags for a candid tale of unfulfilled desire, psychoanalysis, modern art, brazen infidelity and antiquated divorce laws.

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