Marion Davies is the poster child for people who prostitute themselves into careers, and this movie unmasks her for the triple threat she really is: She can’t sing. She can’t dance. And she sure as hell can’t act.
The rest of the cast just seems nonplussed that they are stuck in a movie with such a glaring hunk of no talent, and they don’t even bother to try...everyone just seems to be hanging about, praying that their own careers and reputations won’t be damaged by association.
It really is agonizingly painful to watch.
Those film buffs with a morbid sense of curiosity who don’t mind watching a colossal train wreck unfold before their very eyes might be willing to give this a view, but most sane movie aficionados will want to avoid this like the plague. ( )

C'est l'histoire d'une rencontre improbable entre une artiste ratée qui se morfond dans son métier de serveuse (mais qui parvient à la célébrité qu'on lui fabrique) et un champion de boxe (excellent Clark Gable, dans un rôle de jeunesse).
La recette bien connue du screwball fonctionne : de la dinguerie, de la légèreté, des dialogues assez étincelants, des ressorts de comédie.
Un bémol toutefois : la scène interminable de cabaret, au beau milieu du film, qui jure singulièrement avec la légèreté du reste.
Le film Cain and Mabel n'en demeure pas moins un divertissement de qualité, typique du cinéma américain des années 30. ( )

Pretty bad script, plot and acting. It does have on e of the first :The making of..." behind the scenes shorts. Musical numbers stink - nothing interesting going on. A couple of boxing matches are boring as well. Nothing to give it any verve.