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Next Time I Marry [VHS]

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In this, the second film directed by a very young Garson Kanin, Lucille Ball plays Nancy, a gal who's in love with Lee Bowman, a foreigner: she will inherit an incredible $20 million provided she gets herself a "real" American husband. James Ellison plays the ditch-digging Yank Lucy chooses to hitch in order to grab the cabbage - and then rush for Reno in order to get a quickie divorce... Bickering and battling with each other, the duo endure a wild trailer ride en route to Nevada (which is reminiscent of that in THE LONG, LONG TRAILER) & there is the predictable outcome. Implausible but enjoyable nevertheless, there is a lot of action which goes on without any rhyme or reason, but Ball (her eyebrows are a'la Harlow or Dietrich here) is in fine form and she and Ellison play well together. This little flick was actually considered RKO's best "B" comedy of 1938 - which isn't saying all that much.

This is a revue for the WB DVD of the RKO film NEXT TIME I MARRY (1938) which was directed by Garson Canin and stars TVs mega star, Lucille Ball in a movie made years before her real fame.

In NEXT TIME I MARRY Lucille Ball plays Nancy Crocker Fleming, a heiress whose father left her money on the condition that she only marries a regular guy, a plain American. Nancy is already involved with an apparent gigilo ,Count Georgi, played by Lee Bowman, a member of royalty without a royal cent but on the lookout for someone like Nancy.

But, to appease the tenents of the will she finds a WPA ditchdigger, named Tony Anthony, played by James Ellison who, needing money, agrees to Nancy's plan for a quick marriage and an even quicker Reno divorce. All of this leads our heroes to a madcap trailer trek to Reno to see who can file for divorce first.

The story's not really as simple as that, there are plenty of complications along the way and in fact, maybe a few too many comic siuations and characters. In fact, this might've been a very funny film if everything in it wasn't more than a little overdone. Still and all, NEXT TIME I MARRY is certainly watchable and worth tuning in if it shows up on TV. A fairly enjoyable screwball comedy.

I rate NEXT TIME I MARRY Three and One Half Stars.