My Little Chickadee

My Little Chickadee (1940) – If you’re looking for a movie based entirely on one-liners and double entendres, you’ve come to the right place: its famous banter is pretty good—unfortunately, the rest of the movie is extremely (almost painfully) dumb; West—who turns in quite the self-aggrandizing script—isn’t here for her acting, but she’s still effective—she and Fields do their best to carry the film by the sheer force of their characterizations, and from a watchability standpoint, they largely succeed. 5