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When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor...
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- Jean Harlow
- Jack Conway
- Comedy
Mar 3, 2005 · More intriguing for behind-the-scenes gossip than its rather familiar screwball comedy machinations, Libeled Lady pairs that debonair fast-talking duo from the Thin Man films (William Powell and Myrna Loy) so they can engage in what they do best: sly innuendo, sarcastic digs, and verbose lovemaking. Thrown into the mix as another romantic foil ...
"Libeled Lady" (1936) is a sparkling romantic comedy of errors. When commitment shy newspaper editor, Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy) finds that his newspaper is being sued for alleging that a socialite, Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) is a home-wrecker he delays plans to marry his fiancée Gladys (Jean Harlow) yet again, by placing her in the ...
Libeled Lady: Directed by Jack Conway. With Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
- (9K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Jack Conway
- 1936-10-09
Libeled Lady is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. It was written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan, and Maurine Dallas Watkins.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 7, 2005 Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine More intriguing for behind-the-scenes gossip than its rather familiar screwball comedy machinations.
It's east to see how Chandler falls for a woman who is beautiful, witty and often one step ahead of him (and rich, of course), but not so easy to see why she falls for him. Beyond her intelligence and a general likability, she's underdeveloped as a character and the warmth between the two never really starts to sizzle.
