Sublimely entertaining, and featuring some of the best musical and comedy talent of the day.
William Powell is a down-and-outer plucked from an ash heap and hired as butler to an eccentric wealthy family.
Comedy and drama are woven throughout this riff on Lysistrata, appearing just eleven years after passage of the 19th Amendment.
This compelling period piece is listed in the National Film Registry and on Time's 2007 list of "The 25 Most Important Films on Race."
