A Lady Takes a Chance

A Lady Takes a Chance

"IT'S SCREWY...And So Funny! IT'S RIOTOUS...And Romantic!"

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf@Geronimo1967

June 26, 2022

A more unlikely couple you will struggle to see as Jean Arthur and John Wayne pair up in this rather fun comedy romance with spurs. Mollie is on a grand bus tour of the US until a stop in Oregon where she gets floored (literally) by a freshly bucked, handsome rodeo performer (Wayne) and off we go. This is a light-hearted outing for The Duke - soft lighting and a sensitive score help create quite a sophisticated environment for their - at times quite feisty - amour to develop. Never the most convincing of dialogues, and probably more remarkable for what it isn't than what it is, it is still quite an engaging little whimsy.