Who Was That Lady?

A screwball comedy that turns into political farce, this film was something of a throwback even in 1960. Real-life husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh star as David and Ann Wilson. David is a university professor who is kissing one of his students when Ann walks in on them. She demands a ...more

Who Was That Lady? is an incredibly silly but rather amiable farce. Its biggest drawback is its premise -- or, rather, the fact that its premise came along a couple of decades too late. In 1940, a film could easily have been built around such a ridiculous idea, and it would have seemed natural; Hollywood was still young enough to "believe" in such material. By 1960, times had changed, and this kind of story had to seem artificial to the filmmakers -- even if they thought it was funny and had ...more