Menu. The movie is very well directed, has an excellent script and the voters here on IMDb have got the high mark exactly right. A marketing survey has revealed that Warner Brothers is considering starting their own online movie streaming service that would compete directly with companies like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu Plus.
It was the year he made "The Great Ziegfeld" (which won the best picture Oscar), "My Man Godfrey"(for which he was nominated for best actor), and one of the best screwball romantic comedies ever made.
Harlean Carpenter, who later became Jean Harlow, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. However, her evolving relationship with Powell was a nice twist. After winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée. With outstanding performances all around, `Libeled Lady' is a joy to watch, from beginning to end. Though it didn't win, MGM, along with William Powell and Myrna Loy couldn't have felt too bad. ), and in the final scene when Harlow will not give up Powell, she shows who is boss to Harlow, and until her dad (Walter Connelly) came in and yelled "Quiet", Harlow was going to suffer a serious smack down. Comedy A series of misunderstandings on their fourth wedding anniversary lead an architect and his wife to break up, but he pretends to be insane and even poses as his own sister in order to win her back. (The MGM gloss is fully in place.) Libeled Lady (1936) Trivia (23) Add new When leading lady Jean Harlow was entombed in Glendale's Forest Lawn Cemetery in 1937, she was dressed in the gown she wore in this film. The acting top of the line. And Haggerty has just the woman for the part: Gladys (Jean Harlow), his own bride-to-be, still smarting from being left alone at the altar. For Industry Professionals. 19 out of 26 found this helpful It seems Loy's father is multi-millionaire mover and shaker Walter Connolly, who had political ambitions that Goodwin and his newspaper thwarted twenty years earlier. Gold-plated classic comedy that shows off the famous MGM star-system at its best.
TV Shows . William Powell once again shows he is the definition of suave, and his light, elegant comedy technique remains relatively unmatched. Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. All four stars are at the top of their game in this one. 13 out of 14 found this helpful Looking for some great streaming picks? This is timeless entertainment, a classic depiction of human nature that rings as true today as it did all those many years ago when it was created; a priceless connection to another era, of another time. Was this review helpful to you?
Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Tracy convinces smooth William Powell to first marry Jean Harlow, who is Tracy's long waiting fiancée, and then to attract Loy's interest enough to get alone with her in order to show that she really is the kind of woman that was suggested in the original story. And there's a kind of graceful ambience to this film that keeps the humor fresh no matter how many times you see it. The stars being Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, some of the best actors working in Hollywood in the thirties! Powell had co-starred in Davies' 1922 mega-hit WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER. … There is not a single wasted moment in the entire film (Particularly the Powell and (or) Loy scenes)Which is why it is my favorite comedy of the 30s. 29 out of 31 found this helpful Nick investigates the case of a missing man and later a murder that is connected to Nora's family. The foreign gossip correspondent has submitted an item that got printed concerning Myrna Loy's antics in England, suggesting that she disgraced herself when drunk.
There, I've said it. Fortunately, Powell's performance is strong enough to carry the film, and he manages to lighten Harlow and Tracy's performances whenever they share a scene with him. The picture is genuinely funny and all the performers are excellent. I wonder if they derived some inspiration for the fishing sequences from Buster Keaton's 1923 short, The Balloonatic. Loy's wardrobe, in particular, is impeccable. I doubt he has an equal in delivering witty lines oozing with biting sarcasm. In addition to his usual excellent delivery of witty lines, William Powell gives an agile physical performance that is a delight. She was the daughter of a successful dentist and his wife. This is bad enough, but the newspaper owner (Charles Goodwin) is horrified by this error. But guess what? She was the daughter of a successful dentist and his wife. Connie Allenbury (Myrna) that is who. It's hard to believe that within a year Jean Harlow would be dead. I agree with one reviewer that at times she was behaving like a gangster's moll. 31 out of 34 found this helpful