Libeled Lady
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Movie Reviews of Libeled Lady
Movie Review: Screwball with Four Great Stars!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was Jean Harlow's last truly great film and she shares the complicated but hilarious plot with people she adored in real life: Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and her real-life romantic interest, William Powell. That Jean and William were involved in an on-again off-again romance doesn't affect the superb comedic performance of Jean Harlow. "Libeled Lady" is a gem of a comedy and it is not just a William Powell/Myrna Loy film. Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy put in great performances. One highlight is seeing Jean look quite unglamorous at the beauty salon with her hair being permed and a mud pack on her face! She deserves top billing in this film in a role that suits her comic skills. Her one scene with Myrna Loy is very touching and they balance one another out perfectly. I hope that their other film together, "Wife vs. Secretary" will be released on DVD soon. Jean is portrays a lady-like character with perfection!
"Libeled Lady" is a must-have for any fan of screwball comedies. Had Jean Harlow lived, she would have starred with such stars of this genre like Cary Grant and that pairing would have been marvelous. But "Libeled Lady" gives Jean Harlow (sans the platinum blonde hair she never needed) a golden opportunity to show that comedy was her forte and she is with three great stars and a director who made a complicated story into a delightful screwball comedy. Enjoy "Libeled Lady"!!!
Movie Review: MGM's All-Star Cast Provides All-Star Performances...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Libeled Lady" is one of Jack Conway's best films! This film shows you just what "slap-stick" comedies are. Myrna Loy & William Powell are especially delightful, but none-the-less, Spencer Tracy & Jean Harlow make their presence known. Tracy plays an editor who allows a story about Loy's character, claiming she is a homewrecker, to be published in his paper. After realizing a mistake has been made, he quickly tries to fix his error but things don't go as planned-instead he ends up with a five million dollar libel suit, that Loy's character is determined to see destroy Tracy's career & paper! Tracy then sets out to find Powell, an ex-employee, to help him straighten up the mess he's made. To make matters worse for Tracy, we find out his fiancee, played by Harlow, has decided she is tired of waiting around for him and gives him an ultimatum-marry her or they're finished. The story takes a lot of turns, all proving to be very amusing. This films shows us just how funny Tracy can be, proving what a terrific actor was. Jean Harlow is entertaining as Tracy's fiancee, full of sarcasm. This film must be added to your collection!Movie Review: The favorite couple are here again!
Summary: 5 Stars
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Spencer Tracy star in Libeled Lady!
Libeled Lady is one of my favorite movies! Although you must admit any movie with Bill and Myrna is going to be pretty darn funny, right?
Loy plays a rich, hard to get play girl, while Powell plays his typical roll. Spencer Tracy works on the Star which is a newswpaper. And when they accidently print a false story about Connie(Loy) she decides to sue the paper for 5 million dollars! Everyone on the paper is shocked. Tracy decides to get even and frame Connie.
Hilarity ensues when he hires Powell to marry his quite unwilling fiance (Harlow, who has been standing at the alter many a time witing for Tracy to show up. But a story always seems to interfear) for a time being and then go after Connie. Then they can cook up a REAL scandal with Connie when she suddenly finds out he's married to another woman! But what happend when Bill really starts to fall in love with Connie?
Find out in this hilarious story of Libeled Lady!
Movie Review: MGM Screwball Comedy!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is another of the great Screwball Comedies of the 30s with the MGM touch. William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy star in a crazy comedy resulting from a woman's libel suit against a newspaper. The newspaper is unethical, the lady is above reproach and all bets are off as the newspaper tries to sully her reputation in order to win the suit. Spencer Tracy plays the unethical newspaper man who libels Myrna Loy. William Powell plays a playboy writer who writes books and for newspapers but always runs into trouble because of ladies. Myrna Lay is of course the impeccable heiress and one of the most entertaining performances comes from Jean Harlow who plays Spencer Tracy's fiance who is forced to marry William Powell and who is wooed and rejected by him. Difficult to figure out who cares about whom at times and that is part of the fun. A Swell film!Movie Review: They don't make comedies like this anymore!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful movie with a great cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, William Powell and Spencer Tracey, you really can't get much better then that. The writing in this movie is superb and very witty, nothing like they write for today's films. The comedy is laugh out loud funny. William Powell is especiallt great in this movie. He has a scene with some very funny physical comedy in this movie where he is fishing and trying to get control of a fish and ends up being pulled downstream. If you love classic screwball comedies, buy this, you won't regret it.