Love Crazy has to be the worst film William Powell and Myrna Loy ever made together. Powell started his career in silents, so it’s possible it’s not his worst film, but I’m pretty sure it’s Loy’s. Love Crazy starts incredibly lazy. It doesn’t bother defining either character–they’re just Powell and Loy playing a couple, Powell’s […]
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Love Crazy (1941, Jack Conway)
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Charles Lederer· David Hertz· Jack Conway· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Myrna Loy· William Ludwig· William Powell· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Double Wedding (1937, Richard Thorpe)
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Much of Double Wedding–around two-thirds of it–is a supreme comedy. It might feature William Powell’s best comedic performance, just because of the limitless opportunity it offers him. It’s hard to top Powell in a fur coat and a fake wig… with a German accent (and a walking stick). Or Powell going through a big demonstration […]
Tagged: Ferenc Molnár· Jo Swerling· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Myrna Loy· Richard Thorpe· William Powell· ★★★½
I Love You Again (1940, W.S. Van Dyke)
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments
I Love You Again is such a confident success–the whole thing rests on William Powell and everything he does in the entire picture is fantastic–it’s hard to think of anything wrong with it. It moves beautifully, its ninety-nine minutes sailing by, the supporting cast is all excellent and every one of its big comic scenes […]
Tagged: Charles Lederer· Edmund Lowe· Frank McHugh· George Oppenheimer· Harry Kurnitz· Leon Gordon· Maurine Dallas Watkins· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Myrna Loy· Octavus Roy Cohen· W.S. Van Dyke· William Powell· ★★★½
Evelyn Prentice (1934, William K. Howard)
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Evelyn Prentice only runs eighty minutes, but it goes on forever. At seventeen minutes alone, it’s getting tiring. The big problem is the lack of thoughtful approach. It’s constantly revealing big twists, twists to shock the audience, but they just end up detracting from the film’s possibilities. Because Evelyn Prentice is not a deep study […]
Tagged: Edward Brophy· Lenore J. Coffee· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Myrna Loy· W.E. Woodward· William K. Howard· William Powell· ★
Private Detective 62 (1933, Michael Curtiz)
November 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Private Detective 62 is not much of a mystery. Except perhaps the title, which has nothing to do with the film so far as I could tell. Instead, it’s an interesting drama taking place at a detective agency. William Powell plays a diplomatic agent who gets busted by the French while on assignment and gets […]
Tagged: Michael Curtiz· Raoul Whitfield· Rian James· Warner Bros.· William Powell· ★★
Manhattan Melodrama (1934, W.S. Van Dyke)
September 14th, 2007 · No Comments
It’s funny how obvious writers’ contributions can be in certain films. For instance, Joseph L. Mankiewicz very likely wrote some of the best scenes in Manhattan Melodrama and Oliver H.P. Garrett wrote some of the worst. The clue is the dialogue. Mankiewicz has distinctive dialogue, even in a film relatively early in his career, and […]
Tagged: Arthur Caesar· Clark Gable· Joseph L. Mankiewicz· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Mickey Rooney· Myrna Loy· Nat Pendleton· Oliver H.P. Garrett· W.S. Van Dyke· William Powell· ★★



