The Devil And Miss Jones - 1941 - 6/10
Union organizers, whether at your local Starbucks, or decades earlier in the department store.
Most bosses just want these headaches quelled. By the quickest means. Usually firing.
Unlike most overlords, Mr. Merrick is a hands on kinda guy, and he goes undercover.
He is now the new shoe salesman, and a poor one at that, but befriended by – gasp! – those union types.
Feel good comedy is a product of its times (the Depression) and gets too schmaltzy.
Best to see for the leads, who are fun.
When everyone has an IRA or 401k, sympathy for the underpaid working class seems diminished.
