The Devil and Miss Jones
“With the exception of the two Marx Brothers pictures (A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races), the best comedy directed by Sam Wood was The Devil and Miss Jones. The original screenplay by Norman Krasna had a strong flavor of social satire in its bones.... Charles Coburn was superb, and Jean Arthur, possibly the deftest and most appealing of Hollywood's comediennes, made the film one of her best.... Again Wood kept the farce in balance, pacing it and controlling it to give it a consistent buoyancy”--Tony Thomas in “The Hollywood Professionals: King, Milestone and Wood”
Coburn plays an irascible tycoon who takes a job in his own store to better comprehend the contempt in which he is held by his employees. Jean Arthur is the saleswoman who oversees his re-education, a highlight of which is a company outing to Coney Island, where the crusty Coburn becomes lost among the hoi-polloi. Among the personnel are a variety of characters including Robert Cummings as a workers' organizer, and Edmund Gwenn as an officious floor manager.