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Libeled Lady (1936)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.9/10
Synopsis: Screwball comedy about a newspaper editor, who tells his reporter (whom he recently canned) to dig up some dirt on an heiress. Why? To coerce her into dropping her multi-million dollar libel suit... Screwball comedy about a newspaper editor, who tells his reporter (whom he recently canned) to dig up some dirt on an heiress. Why? To coerce her into dropping her multi-million dollar libel suit against the tabloid. The plan backfires, however, when the reporter becomes smitten with the libeled lady. [More]
Starring: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy
Starring: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin, Cora Witherspoon, Charles Trowbridge
Director: Jack Conway
Director: Jack Conway
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter: Maurine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer
Composer: William Axt
Reviews for Libeled Lady
A charming cast, headed by Tracy, Harlow, William Powell and Myrna Loy, elevates this screwball comedy, a typically glossy MGM fare of the Depression era.
Earns its keep simply for the moment when Loy, expecting Powell to describe her eyes in gushing terms, is instead startled when he remarks that they look like "angry marbles."
The actors are game but the hijinks are too stilted and tame by today’s standards.
More intriguing for behind-the-scenes gossip than its rather familiar screwball comedy machinations.
All-star cast of MGM regulars William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, and Jean Harlow.
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