Rich Relations (1937)

★★★ · Meow! · picfixer · 2011-07-01

Love affairs and low-impact typist-pool cat fights lead to an unbelievable conclusion - and I do mean unbelievable! Stars Ralph Forbes, Frances Grant and Barry Norton, supported by Muriel Evans and perennial fussbudget Franklin Pangborn. No Academy Award nominees here. Okay production values, the high point of which is a taxi which could pass for a Spanish galleon. The director is adequate, but the last five minutes give the impression he was about to run out of film. Though released in 1937, this poor-girl/rich-boy romance has the feel of movies made almost a decade earlier. But if you…

★★★ · Chick Flick c. 1930s · Big Boomer · 2017-11-16

A story of convoluted relationships between women. Two of them pursuing the rich boss's son. One tries to sabotage the other, who is, of course, so sweet and good to her core. This plot line, with a few minor changes, could be a modern chick flick, too. The ending is not hard to guess. True love always triumphs -- but which woman and which man will pair up in the end? The surprise ending is revealed only in the closing minute...