Call It a Day

The first day of spring brings the entire Hilton family a comical case of spring fever. While a seductive actress pursues Father and an amorous old goat flirts with Mother, their three offspring fall head over heart for all the most unlikely people. The screwball romp Call It a Day gives the Depression the raspberry with its boundless energy and carefree elan. As the older daughter smitten with a dashing artist, Olivia de Havilland takes her first top billing in a role played, coincidentally, by her sister Joan Fontaine in the Los Angeles stage version. Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young and Frieda Inescort bring added star power to one wacky day packed with the laughs and lunacy of love.

• comedy