Ep 63: Carole Lombard in Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

Whether in a rubbish heap or grey industrial horizon of the Panama Canal, love blooms wherever Carole Lombard shines her blonde halo. Carole plays Maggie King, a nightclub singer who poses as a beauty operator for free passage to California. When she meets a soldier on his last day in the Army, she falls for him like a ship's anchor. Swing High, Swing Low balances screwball and melodrama better than any other picture, and arguably, Lombard gives her best performance. Maggie King makes a star out of a mug, played by Fred MacMurray. And what does he do to thank her? He forgets about her the minute it happens.