Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

"Bruce Vail" (Colin Clive) is a shipping magnate who has one major flaw—an obsessive suspicion that his wife "Irene Vail" (Jean Arthur) is cheating on him. This insane jealousy gets so bad that one day she decides to file for a divorce while in Paris. However, because his obsession concerning her is so strong and twisted, he quickly comes up with an evil scheme to nullify the divorce--which only serves to send her into the arms of another man—a headwaiter named "Paul Dumond" (Charles Boyer). What nobody counts on is just how far Bruce will go to stop the divorce. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an enchanting romantic-comedy which still manages to remain fresh and entertaining almost 80 years later after it was produced. Admittedly, I thought the ending was a bit corny but even so the performance by Jean Arthur more than makes up for it. Again, it's an old film but those who enjoy movies of this type will certainly be pleased with this picture. I rate it as above average.

I have been a fan of both leading players, but this film doesn't do either one any favor. The screen play is a conglomerate of three story lines, none of which get full treatment. It seems the writers couldn't decide if they were producing a comedy, a romance or a deep dark drama. Leo Carrillo exceeds any previous attempts at being a first class HAM with his elastic facial expressions; watching him is comedic reason enough to stay to the end. Speaking of the end, when the ship miraculously stays afloat one is reminded of Deus ex machina serves these writers well. One wonders why Titanic couldn't have such brilliant good fortune and stay stuck against the ice berg. Has there ever been a real example of such occurrence?

It is hard to pinpoint this film's genre: it is at once a romance, a melodrama, a screwball comedy, and at the end a disaster movie. On paper it looks like an unholy mess, but in reality this is one of the most charming love stories of 1930s cinema.Irene (Jean Arthur) seeks to divorce her possessive husband (Colin Clive). He's extremely sore about it, so he tries to pin an adultery charge on his wife by having the chauffeur sexually assault her in her hotel room while he and some witnesses conveniently burst in to "expose" them. While the plan is in motion, a waiter named Paul (Charles Boyer) hears Irene's cries from the room next door. He climbs into her window and masquerades as a jewel thief. He proceeds to "kidnap" Irene and things get INSANE from there on out.Though the screwball nature of the plot could have turned the movie into a farce, the relationship between Arthur and Boyer is genuinely tender and sweet. Though the term "soul mates" is overused when people discuss romantic films, these two truly seem to fit the criteria! Clive gorges upon the scenery as Arthur's villainous spouse. A shame his life and career were to be cut short the year this film was released.All in all, History is Made at Night (1937) is like an ice cream sundae with all the trimmings. It's too delicious to resist!

Two years before a shipboard romance with Irene Dunne in "Love Affair", suave Frenchman Charles Boyer did the same with Jean Arthur in this lavish and sometimes comic tearjerker. Arthur is a run-away bride who spends one glorious evening with Boyer after he rescues her from a plot by her evil husband (Colin Clive). Later separated from Boyer, Arthur ends up in New York where fate brings them together and onto a return voyage to France that will change the course of their destiny.This might not be the classic love story of Leo McCarey's 1939 masterpiece and its 1957 remake "An Affair to Remember", but it is worthy of inclusion with the greatest love stories ever made. Any film with Boyer and Arthur will include dollops of humor here and there, and it helps the film avoid being mawkish and melodramatic. Colin Clive is a predictable villain, much like Billy Zane years later in "Titanic". References to that ship and the Hindenburgh are mentioned. Some good special effects are involved in the film's chilling conclusion.The film has many implausibilities, but that has really no consequence because of the ultimate satisfaction it gives. Leo Carrillo shines as Boyer's pal, a cook who can do the most wonderful thing with lobster. That would be a great dinner to serve while watching this movie, with pink champagne of course!