Review of Rafter Romance (1933) by Greg W — 18 Mar 2010

A cute little timewaster starring Ginger Rogers as a financially strapped telemarketer who shares an attic apartment on a shift work basis with an equally strapped nightwatchman/artist, neither ever meeting the other. She stays there at night, he sleeps during the day. Unknowingly, they meet and fall in love, while at the same time leaving each other hateful (and very funny) little notes about each other's living habits. I've never really been a fan of the Rogers/Astaire musicals, but she has always been good in comedies like this one.

Note: I'm curious if Billy Wilder was aware of this film while making Sunset Blvd. William Holden tries to sell this story idea almost verbatim to Nancy Olsen.