Boy, do the people in Cafe Metropole (1937) need—and want—money! And how careless and devious they can be in trying to acquire it! Even Tyrone Power‘s Alexis, so young and callow-looking, is a needy louse; he just doesn’t seem like one. The whole movie doesn’t seem to be about corruption and irresponsibility. Frothy, it isn’t satirical or mocking, but genial—and with inoffensive Loretta Young.
Teaming up again with Power (who is miscast), this time in a droll non-farce, she is deeply palatable. Unlike Power, she has charisma and can match the dignity of Adolphe Menjou, who is also in the film. Congrats to the supporting cast. CM is moderately entertaining.