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blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Directed by Jack Conway
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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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Good but not great comedy about socialite Myrna Loy suing a newspaper for libel and editor Spencer Tracy enlisting fiancée Jean Harlow and pal William Powell to try and foil Loy. Harlow and, eventually, Tracy become third wheels in a Loy and Powell picture, with Harlow getting the least out of the film. Tracy has…
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