Marilyn (Claudette Colbert) meets a nice guy, Charles Gray (Ray Milland) and they fall for each other. What she doesn't know is that this rich member of the British royalty already is engaged...and when he pops the question to her, she rejects him. Her friend, Peter (Fred MacMurray),is a newspaper man and helps her exploit the situation...creating a lounge act for her and billing her as 'The NO Girl'. While she has no singing ability, he insists that this won't be a problem! And, oddly, she becomes quite the sensation.

When she takes her show on the road to the UK, a potential problem arises....Charles. When they meet again, they pick up where they left off...and Pete feels left out...which would seem to indicate he wants her to be more than just his business partner. What's next? See the film...and see who she picks.

Considering the actors, it's not surprising that the movie works quite well. Charming and well worth seeing.

Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray are pals. They meet every Thursday evening on the stone benches of the New York Public Library, to eat popcorn and watch the world go by. When she falls in love with incognito British lord Ray Milland, MacMurray seems happy for her. When he vanishes with a misunderstanding, MacMurray promotes her as the "No" Girl, the one who walked out on Milland.

In the first of their seven pairings, MacMurray, in his second credited role, benefits greatly from the snappy dialogue, Despite that, there's an odd stop-and-start quality to the movie, as each shift in the plot is laboriously chewed over before anything happens. This kills the energy of the movie, only for director Wesley Ruggles to use the laborious set-up to execute a very funny gag sequence.

It's frequently maddening, but besides the wealth of supporting actors, including C. Aubrey Smith, Grace Bradley, Louis Alberni, and Tom Dugan -- all of whom seem to appear in one shot for for one gag -- there's one thing this movie has going for it: MacMurray and Miss Colbert seem utterly comfortable together. contrast them with Milland, whose Transatlantic accent sounds odd for his role, and doesn't seem to be invested in any of his lines. could this have been a deliberate choice, to make the two leads seem more simpatico?

In this very sweet and charming picture, Claudette Colbert is Marilyn David, a girl divided between two men. One is an English nobleman traveling unknown (Lord Granton/Charles Gray, played by Ray Milland) and the other a friend reporter (Peter Daws, played by Fred MacMurray, in his good old American style). Colbert has a strong friendship bond with MacMurray - they meet each other every Thursday to sit on a bench, take off the shoes and eat popcorn while the world is passing by - while Milland is just that kind of guy women fall for. It is a lovely picture, with a predictable ending, but representing very well a reasonable woman exercising her selection privileges during the good old times, when marriage was meaningful and fidelity and trust where more valuable then gold. There is no use in putting here a good word for Colbert. After all, as everybody knows, she is just fantastic.