History Film / ItsAWonderfulWorld

Guy is resolved to find this lost husband and prove Willie’s innocence. Unfortunately, he runs into “poetess” Edwina Corday (Colbert), who decides to follow along with this tale of intrigue.

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Guy Johnson (Stewart) is a fugitive {{private detective}} whose client, Willie Heyward, was framed for the murder of glamourous Spanish singer, Dolores Gonzalez. Willie’s wife and her lover are really the ones who committed the murder to get $10 million out of Willie's insurance once he gets capital punishment. Consequently, Guy is indicted for hiding Willie but escapes when he finds a clue in a newspaper; Heyward’s long lost husband, who she thought died in Australia, has evidence to frame her.

Guy is resolved to find this lost husband and prove Willie’s innocence. Unfortunately, he runs into “poetess” Edwina Corday (Colbert), and she decides to follow along with this tale of intrigue.

Not to be confused with ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', despite the similar title and the presence of Jimmy Stewart in the cast.

Guy Johnson (Stewart) is a fugitive {{private detective}} whose client, Willie Heyward, was framed for the murder of glamourous Spanish singer, Dolores Gonzalez. Willie’s wife and her lover are really the ones who committed the murder to get $10 million out of Willie's insurance once he gets capital punishment. Consequently, Guy is indicted for hiding Willie, but escapes when he finds a clue in a newspaper; Heyward’s long lost husband, who she thought died in Australia, has evidence to frame her.

Guy is resolved to find this lost husband, and prove Willie’s innocence. Unfortunately, he runs into “poetess” Edwina Corday (Colbert), and she decides to follow along with this tale of intrigue.

* AbhorrentAdmirer / TheLoad: Edwina to Guy. She sticks around him even when he clearly doesn’t want her there to cramp up his investigation, but she has a major crush and won’t leave.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Edwina to Guy. She sticks around him even when he clearly doesn’t want her there to cramp up his investigation, but she has a major crush and won’t leave.

Guy Johnson (Stewart) is a fugitive private detective whose client, Willie Heyward, was framed for the murder of glamourous Spanish singer, Dolores Gonzalez. Willie’s wife and her lover are really the ones who committed the murder to get $10 million out of Willie's insurance once he gets capital punishment. Consequently, Guy is indicted for hiding Willie, but escapes when he finds a clue in a newspaper; Heyward’s long lost husband, who she thought died in Australia, has evidence to frame her.

''It's a Wonderful World'' (1939) is a ScrewballComedy/mystery film starring Creator/ClaudetteColbert and Creator/JimmyStewart, and directed by W. S. Van Dyke II.

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[[caption-width-right:220:Not to be confused with a [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife similarly named]] Jimmy Stewart movie.]]

Guy Johnson (Stewart) is a fugitive private detective whose client, Willie Heyward, was framed for the murder of glamourous Spanish singer, Dolores Gonzalez.

Willie’s wife and her lover are really the ones who committed the murder to get $10 million out of Willie's insurance once he gets capital punishment.

Consequently, Guy is indicted for hiding Willie, but escapes when he finds a clue in a newspaper; Heyward’s long lost husband, who she thought died in Australia, has evidence to frame her.

Heyward’s wife and her lover are really the ones who committed the murder to get 10 million dollars once Heyward gets capital punishment.

Then, Guy is indicted for hiding Willie, but escapes when he finds a clue in a newspaper; Heyward’s long lost husband, who she thought died in Australia, has evidence to frame her.

Guy is resolved to find this lost husband, and prove Willie’s innocence. Unfortunately, he runs into “poetess” Edwina Corday, and she decides to follow along with this tale of intrigue.

* BoundAndGagged: Guy ties up a boy scout and his leader since they were helping the police in finding guy.

* HaveAGayOldTime: Guy is frustrated that he’s lost time with Edwina, and there’s probably a lot of “dicks” on his tail. Of course, dick being the old term for a detective or policeman.
* FacePalm: Guy and police chief in charge of catching him both do this in back-to-back scenes, in reaction to "help" from other characters.
* FailedASpotCheck: The police have Guy right under their nose, and don’t recognize him because their distracted by Edwina.
* InsuranceFraud: The reason why Heyward’s wife and her lover have framed Willie. 10 million dollars are at stake.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Guy says that for a 100 bucks a week nothing is undignified even if it means taking care of an embarrassing client.

* PoliceAreUseless: They lose Guy on the train while he’s handcuffed to one of the policemen. Eventually, they catch up to him, but don't recognize him even though his fake accent is none too convincing.

''It's a Wonderful World'' (1939) is a ScrewballComedy crime mystery starring Creator/ClaudetteColbert and Creator/JimmyStewart, and directed by W. S. Van Dyke II.

[[caption-width-right:220:Not to be confused with a similarly named Jimmy Stewart [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife movie]].]]

Guy Johnson (Stewart) is a fugitive private detective whose client, Willie Heyward, was framed for murder of glamourous Spanish singer, Dolores Gonzalez.

Then, Guy is indicted for hiding Willie, but escapes when he finds a clue in a newspaper; Heyward’s long lost husband who she thought died in Australia has evidence to frame her.

Guy is settled to go to this town to find this lost husband, and prove Willie’s innocence. Unfortunately, he runs into “poetess” Edwina Corday, and she decides to follow along with this tale of intrigue.

* PoliceAreUseless: They lose Guy on the train while he’s handcuffed to one of the policemen. Eventually, they have him right under their noses but don't recognize him even though his accent is none too convincing.

* PoliceAreUseless: They manage to lose Guy on the train, and while he’s handcuffed to one of the policemen.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: InUniverse: Guy’s attempt at an English accent is atrocious.

Not to be confused with a similarly named Jimmy Stewart [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife movie]].

* PurplePose: Edwina Corday is a poet (or as the movie says, poetess), and her poems are awful.

* TheMacGuffin: The half-dime charm.

* TheMacguffin: The half-dime charm.

* TheMaguffin: The half-dime charm.

* OnlyDoingItForTheMoney: Guy says that for a 100 bucks a week nothing is undignified even if it means taking care of an embarrassing client.

* PlayingAgainstType: Granted, this may before Stewart was typecast as the All-American nice guy, but his Guy Johnson is rude and exasperated easily.

WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: InUniverse: Guy’s attempt at an English accent is atrocious.