Evelyn Prentice (1934)

I wish this had been a bit longer to fully flesh out the motivations and actions of the characters better. Feeling neglected from the long hours her husband, William Powell, puts in as a lawyer as well as receiving evidence of a potential liaison on his part, Myrna Loy succumbs to her own dalliance. Probably because of the Hays Code, these affairs, and their consequences, are both alluded to more than seen. Loy and Powell have great chemistry as always, but they are given little time to really play off each other. Una Merkel is also wonderful as Loy’s friend who always seems to be around.