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Bookmark this pageIt's Love I'm After (1937)
Director: Archie Mayo
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From Time Out Film Guide
Howard and Davis, as feuding thespians too busy to have got around to getting married yet, have more fun with this romantic comedy than its overwritten script by Casey Robinson deserves. When matinée idol Howard has to cope with the consequences of a young de Havilland's backstage advances, the plot degenerates into a rather uninspired Comedy of Errors set in a well-to-do WASPish family's country house. For connoisseurs of bad acting, however, there's an execrable but funny performance from Blore (as a manservant, naturally), with whom Howard has most of the fun.Author: RM
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- S. Stone said...
- Posted on Oct 12 2007 15:31 Oct. 07. Just saw this film for first time on TCM and thought it was wonderful. The above review does not do it justice, and frankly, it's the manservant (Blore) who overacts as he always did. Bette Davis opposite Howard showed they had a great flair for comedy. It's a pity Howard was so limp in Gone with the Wind. But this one is pure fun to watch.
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- S. Stone said...
- Posted on Oct 12 2007 15:30 Oct. 07. Just saw this film for first time on TCM and thought it was wonderful. The above review does not do it justice, and frankly, it's the manservant (Blore) who overacts as he always did. Bette Davis opposite Howard showed they had a great flair for comedy. It's a pity Howard was so limp in Gone with the Wind. But this one is pure fun to watch.
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Cast & crew
Director: Archie Mayo
Producer: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Eric Blore, Bonita Granville, George Barbier, Spring Byington, Veda Ann Borg full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 90 mins
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