Movie #205 ........................."The Devil & Miss Jones"

Movie #205 "The Devil & Miss Jones" I give 4 stars to; it's an oldie but a goodie I had never seen. Here's the synopsis:
Tycoon John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn) is startled to see an effigy of himself hanging on the front page of the New York Times, courtesy of union organizers at Neeley's Department Store, which Merrick didn't even know he owned. On a sudden impulse, he goes undercover there as a shoe salesman. Soon he's so involved in the lives of his fellow employees (especially one young couple (Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings) and a delightful single woman his own age whom he falls in love with ,the lovely Spring Byington), that he learns what it's like to be on the other side of the money. The story we've seen a lot (esp. Sullivan's Travels comes to mind, with the disguise bit), but it was refreshing that the conflict was not what I thought it would typically be ---- that he had lots of money and everyone would resent that he had been lying to them this whole time. That was gone in one edit (in fact, I went back to the moment to make sure I hadn't slept through it), and the conflict was more about what he should correctly with his money. I liked that, and the theme plus the great actors (I'm always a sucker for Jean Arthur) made it a good old film.