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Libeled Lady (1936)

Directed by Jack Conway

Comedy | Romance

Overview

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication’s frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty’s harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

Rated NR | Length 98 minutes

Actors

Jean Harlow | William Powell | Myrna Loy | Spencer Tracy | Walter Connolly | Charley Grapewin | Cora Witherspoon | E.E. Clive | Bunny Beatty | Otto Yamaoka | Charles Trowbridge | Spencer Charters | George Chandler | William Benedict | Hal K. Dawson | William Newell | Hattie McDaniel | George Davis | Barry Downing | Tommy Bond | Buster Phelps | Bobby Watson | Bobs Watson | Norman Ainsley | Harry Allen | Harry C. Bradley | Ralph Brooks | Jay Eaton | Charles Croker-King | Fred Graham | Sherry Hall | Howard C. Hickman | Olaf Hytten | Eric Lonsdale | Charles Irwin | Selmer Jackson | Charles King | Jack Mulhall | Richard Tucker | Dennis O'Keefe | Harry Lash | Wally Maher | Franklin Parker | Pat Somerset | Gwen Lee | James T. Mack | Tom Mahoney | Myra Marsh | Alphonse Martell | Eric Wilton | Buddie Messinger | Greta Meyer | Inez Palange | Barnett Parker | Thomas Pogue | Jed Prouty | Bodil Rosing | Eddie Shubert | William Stack | Edwin Stanley | Libby Taylor | Edward Thomas | Nick Thompson | Pat West | Duke York | Robert Adair | George Golden | Julia Griffith | Shep Houghton | Edmund Mortimer | Broderick O'Farrell | Loretta Russell

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/06/2022TVStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Watching Powell and Loy on screen together it’s very hard to accept them as anything but Nick and Nora Charles. Still a fun movie because of them but the story is just okay.

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