Libeled Lady
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Movie Reviews of Libeled Lady
Movie Review: Spencer Tracy vs. William Powell
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a so-so screwball comedy with an all-star lineup... The dialog has some snappy moments, although it's not on a par with "Bringing Up Baby," "Dinner At Eight," et. al... The fun comes in watching male leads Spencer Tracy and William Powell spar with each other (as actors, not their characters...) Their styles are SO different! Tracy typically sledghammers his way though each scene, while Powell hangs back and plays it cool... Both the female leads are fabulous: the ever-luscious Jean Harlow gets a great dramatic monologue at the end, while Myrna Loy rules each scene she's in, with tart dialog and razor-sharp, intelligent delivery. A fine chance to watch some of the finest stars of the 1930s practice their craft. (DJ Joe Sixpack)Movie Review: Hilarious!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great slapstick comedy! Spencer Tracy (before he teamed up with Katharine Hepburn)plays Warren Haggerty, a newspaperman who's company gets slapped with a $5 million dollar libel suit for printing a false story about a young socialite (Myrna Loy). He has to try and have her drop the lawsuit - and what better way to do that than have her get caught with a married (supposedly) man. He convinces an old co-worker of his (William Powell) to marry his fiancee (Jean Harlow). Just until he can get the story printed, of course. But when William Powell ends up falling in love with Connie, Spencer's plan starts to fall apart. But all ends well, and both women realize who there true love really is. This is a great movie from the 30's!Movie Review: better ending next time
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a lover of William Powell and Myrna Loy movies. As usual, they are great onscreen together but the ending wasn't a very satisfying one.Movie Review: Amazon review
Summary: 4 Stars
William Powell & Myrna Loy - 1 of the best duos in cinema history. Nothing more needs to be said.Movie Review: Classic Film Hurt By Poor Print
Summary: 3 Stars
LIBELED LADY was nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award in 1936 so you would think it would get an excellent DVD transfer. You would be mistaken. The best thing about the DVD is the lovely box which reproduced the film's original poster for it's cover. This print is shockingly grainy - I know far better copies of this movie exist, TCM shows an excellent print. It looks like whoever picked out the print for this DVD didn't bother to screen it or just didn't care about the print quality. It's not horrendous but you certainly expect better than this in a licensed movie, especially when you are paying a rather premium price.
Watching it again in an unenjoyable print makes the dramatic flaws of the movie stick out. The flow of the dialogue just doesn't have the natural quality as the best comedy classics, too often it comes across forced. There are many wonderful scenes though - Powell's brief disenchantment with Loy saying she is too "delicate" for him, the hilarious fishing segment, and the finale where the four lovers confront other are classics.
I never realized before William Powell, playing the deceitful con man, is really the most pleasant character of the foursome! Lovely Myrna Loy is at her snobbiest as the aloof heiress, if you've never seen her other movies you might would wonder why she was so popular because her she plays a character almost completely without sympathy. Spencer Tracy is even more unlikable as the sneaky newspaperman who treats his beautiful fiancee Jean Harlow horribly. My darling Jean Harlow, one of my very favorite stars (as are Powell and Loy), plays one of her few "dumb blonde" roles and I far prefer her as the sassy wisecracker who knows all the angles than as the victim. Providing excellent support are Walter Connally as Loy's fishing-obssessed father and Cora Witherspoon, as the gossipy socialite Loy avoids like the plague.
This DVD also has far fewer extras than most MGM classics, just a trailer and a radio promo. Where is a documentary like most of the WB/MGM releases? Since the TCM documentaries on the stars are on other DVDS, couldn't they have made an original one on the underrated director, Jack Conway?