Smarty

Vicki Wallace (Joan Blondell) takes great pleasure in teasing her husband,Tony Wallace (Warren William), who takes no pleasure at all in being teased, and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe (Edward Everett Horton) secures a divorce for her--and soon Vicki and Vernon are married. Her preference for wearing revealing clothes and penchant for inviting ex-husband Tony to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where he is entertaining Bonnie (Joan Wheeler), who is not all that entertained by Vicki's presence, especially after she shows every intent of staying--and moving in. Vernon shows up with George (Frank McHugh) and Anita (Claire Dood), evidently along so F. Hugh Herbert's lines can be spread among five players instead of three, and Vicki tells Vernon that as long as she is going to be slugged by a husband, she will just go back to Tony because he is a better slugger...or something. A pre-production code film--and one of the reasons for the creation of same.