Smarty (film)
Smarty, known in the United Kingdom as Hit Me Again, is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Robert Florey and starring Warren William and Joan Blondell.Photoplay said, "There is a definitely light touch throughout the film, but it attempts to go dramatic in spots that ought to have been entirely devoted to humor."[2] Vanity Fair said, "An almost incredibly painful attempt at farce, with Joan Blondell, Warren William and Edward Everett Horton making heavy-footed attempts to get through impossible lines and situations, and obviously very embarrassed about the whole thing, though not so much so as the audience."[3] Variety said it was "of moderate amusement value," while the Hollywood Reporter demurred, calling it "a light, happy, irresponsible little comedy, that twinkles and grins and occasionally even gets a little slapstick.Writer Sarah Cook notes they either find it to be "making light of domestic violence" or think it "delves into the kinkier side of sex in relationships with rich aplomb.