A classic screwball comedy but it's also one of the least known. "Libeled Lady" boasted a cast headed by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Jean Harlow, all brilliant and yet it's Harlow who almost steals the show. Loy is the libeled lady, Tracy the newspaper man who libeled her, Harlow is Tracy's fiancee who has to marry Powell, (don't ask), and Powell is the guy who has to seduce Loy, (again, don't ask). As in the best screwball comedies nothing goes according to plan. There's a host of great one-liners and it has one of the funniest fishing scenes ever committed to film. Walter Connolly's in it, too, which is just an added bonus. A real treat.
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