The conversation about Laffite's avatar piqued my curiosity, so I decided to look it up and watch it on the weekend.
I thought the movie was a heavy drama or noir crime. I judged the movie by its title. But I was very pleasantly surprised that it's a screwball comedy.
Miss Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) and her socialite girlfriends decide to solve a murder. Henry Fonda is the newspaper editor who covers the crime. Naturally, they fall in love.
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It's not much of a murder mystery, but as a screwball comedy, it's lightweight, entertaining, and funny. Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda have great rapport and give fine performances. Hattie McDaniel has some good moments as Stanwyck's maid, and Sam Levene is very funny as the Chief of Police who investigates the murder.