A sheer delight, this one is by far the best of the three movies (one of them even re-starring Ty Power) made from this material. The four principals, Ty Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche and Slim Summerville were never handled funnier lines nor more delightful characters. The pace whipped up by director Tay Garnett is movie magic at its fast- moving best. Highly skillful direction is absolutely essential to the success of this film as most of the humor is revived by repeating the same visual and speech gags over and over. Only a really clever and right on top of his game director could get away with a constant repetition of the same gags, let alone make them seem funnier and funnier, but that's exactly what Garnett (a much under-rated director) succeeds in doing here. Needless to say, the re-makes with other directors in the chair (including Robert B. Sinclair, a stage director who found his real home in TV), are not a patch on this movie, the original version.
... View Morethis film is hilarious from beginning to end. don ameche getting phone calls from MABEL...the two reporters in a laughing craze remembering old times......the jail scene the doors......Loretta young has got to be one of the best looking of all actresses. and good in comedy. as for TYRONE POWER may i say its not a good thing to see him so often on screen. we tend to look at only him and not the expressions of other actors. this man is perfection. and power handles comedy just as well as CARY GRANT. was going to give it a 10...but lets not go overboard. heard it has been remade as the wonderful urge....i got this one too and will watch it later. buy or watch this funny unpretentious little screwball comedy....you wont regret it
... View MoreToni Gateson is an heiress with an edge. She flies into town and is hoodwinked by reporter Steve Leyton, who gets an exclusive interview under false pretenses. "OK, you got me", right? No,no. She proceeds to make his life miserable with a series of humiliations, and he responds in kind. Sound funny?Things get far afield. He gets her arrested, and she does the same. As a millionairess, she has breakfast served at her cell and when she is bailed out, she bails him out. He refuses. Soon, he loses his job, is rehired, fired, rehired, etc. to further the comedy. If this all sounds funny, you might like "Judgment At Nuremberg", which is even funnier.If done right, screwball comedy is very funny. For instance, take "The Awful Truth" - now that was funny. This picture tried too hard and was the visual equivalent of fingernails dragged down a blackboard. Tyrone Power and Loretta Young were very attractive and gave it their best, to no avail. Don Ameche was reduced to shouting his lines and slamming down phones as the beleaguered editor in a one-dimensional role which did him no credit. Humorous moments in "Love Is News" were too fleeting for a higher rating.
... View Morethis is one of those fast talking reporter movies that makes you laugh a lot-- and wish that you were a reporter...or an heiress. when steve tricks Toni into giving him an interview she tells all the other papers in town that they're engaged to show him what it feels like to be a "public freak". they fight it out throughout the entire movie..trying to outwit the other the whole way. they end up in jail together, in mud puddles, steve gets caught with his pants off and Toni deals with her ex husband, the Count. and of course they fall in love...choosing not to admit it to the other. it's a pretty cute movie if you like romance, comedy, tyrone power, don ameche and/or loretta young.
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