Off to seek his fortune in South America, adventure-seeking scholar Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (as Larry O'Brien) cuts loose with alcohol and fast cars. This lands Mr. Fairbanks in jail, but confirmed bachelor pal Claude Allister (as Archie Lester) helps get him off. Next, a freed Fairbanks sights luscious Loretta Young (as Diane Forsythe) looking model-perfect under a parasol. Fairbanks wants Ms. Young, but she is engaged to wealthy old Edmund Breon (as Clive Lattimer), who has trouble keeping his bowel movements regular. Young's step-father Henry Kolker (as Areal Pacheco) has arranged the May-December marriage. Papa acts like John Barrymore. It all leads to kidnapping. The butler Boris Karloff (as Luigi) didn't do it, or did he...**** I Like Your Nerve (9/12/31) William McGann ~ Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker, Claude Allister

I Like Your Nerve (1931) * 1/2 (out of 4)Far fetched, unromantic and unfunny romantic comedy has Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in a Latin country where he falls in love with Loretta Young even though she's to be married to another man. Several words like boring, insane and stupid come to mind when I think about this film, which is a major disappointment considering the talent involved. Boris Karloff has a small role as a butler.Loretta Young is my favorite actress but this is certainly one of her lesser films.

This film features a basic plot line we've all seen many times in many different films and that is this - a more appropriate, more handsome man tries to catch, before it's too late, a woman about to be married to a less appropriate, "wrong" man. In this film, Loretta Young plays the beautiful daughter of the Minister of Finance, and she is set to marry, in four days time, a wealthy, but gruff and rather ugly old man (well - there's really no other way I could put it!) - the reasons for her odd choice of partner are a secret. When she meets grinning, conceited Larry O'Brien (played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), he is immediately in love and uses a bunch of tricks and schemes in an attempt to win her for himself. She seems to dislike him (but, of course, in the way of most movies from then to now, she *really* secretly likes him).There is some humor in this, mostly of the Three Stooges / slap-in-the-face variety, plus some funny scenes with Claud Allister as Larry's gay sidekick Archie. Loretta Young really has little to do in this film other than look gorgeous in beautiful gowns and dangling earrings. Boris Karloff also has little to do in this film other than slink in and out of the room as butler. The actor who plays her father acts in a sort of bugged-out eyes style, but I guess it's supposed to be funny. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. tries to be charming, but he comes across to me as not particularly interesting - he's just sort of there. Okay film, but nothing great - a middle-range time filler, mainly for fans of Loretta Young.

Just recently I was able to tape this wonderful film classic and enjoyed the great talents of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.,"Sinbad The Sailor" '47, when he was very very young as (Larry O'Brien) and enjoyed the funny romantic advances Larry played in order to keep Loretta Young (Diane, "The Bishops Wife"'47, from marrying a very horrible old man. There was a great deal of great comedy in this film and if you looked real close you would see an UGLY butler called Boris Karloff just starting out before his great "Frankenstein Film" debut. This great film classic lets future generations see the natural beauty of great film stars like Loretta Young and the great talents of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who followed in his fathers FOOTSTEPS !