Libeled Lady (1936)
- Starring:
- Jean Harlow, William Powell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Conway
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- Comedy
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Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, and William Powell star in this crackling screwball comedy about a cut-throat newspaper editor's scheme to prevent a libel suit that ends up exploding in everybody's face. Tracy plays Warren Haggerty, the managing editor of a newspaper that mistakenly prints a story declaring the rich Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) has stolen away another woman's husband. Connie retaliates by suing the paper for $5 million. This happens right before Warren is about to marry his fiancee Gladys (Jean Harlow). As he has done several times in the past, Warren delays the wedding in order to stop the libel suit. Warren hires Bill Chandler (William Powell), a former employer who is desperate for a job, to marry Gladys in name only and then court Connie. That way, Gladys can sue Connie for alienation of affections and get Connie to agree to drop her lawsuit if Gladys will drop hers. Bill hops an ocean liner to accompany Connie and her father (Walter Connolly) back to the United States, but along the way Bill and Connie fall in love and Bill tries to convince Gladys to drop her suit so it won't hinder his relationship with Connie. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jean Harlow - Gladys Benton
- Myrna Loy - Connie Allenbury
- Walter Connolly - James B. Allenbury
- Cora Witherspoon - Mrs. Burns-Norvell
- Otto Yamaoka - Ching
- Spencer Charters - Magistrate McCall
- Greta Meyer - Connie's Maid
- Hal K. Dawson - Harvey Allen
- Pat Somerset - Photographer
- Edwin Stanley - Clerk
- Olaf Hytten - Reporter
- Hattie McDaniel - Maid in Hall
- James T. Mack - Pop
- Selmar Jackson - Adams, Editor of Washington Chronicle
- Bunny Beatty - Babs Burns-Norvell
- Sherry Hall - Denver Courier Editor
- Tom Mahoney - Alex
- Duke York - Taxi Driver
- William Newell - Divorce Detective
- William Stack - Editor
- Howard Hickman - Cable Editor
- Nick Thompson - Hot Dog Stand Man
- Charles King - Barker
- William Powell - Bill Chandler
- Spencer Tracy - Warren Haggerty
- Charles Grapewin - Mr. Bane
- E.E. Clive - Evans, the Fishing Instructor
- Charles Trowbridge - Graham
- George Chandler - Bellhop
- William Benedict - Johnny
- Inez Palange - Fortune Teller
- Myra Marsh - Secretary
- Barnett Parker - Butler
- Eddie Shubert - Mac, the Circulation Editor
- Pat West - Detective
- Alphonse Martell - Table Captain
- Charles Irwin - Steward
- Fred Graham - Press Man
- Harry C. Bradley - Justice of Peace
- George Davis - Waiter
- Richard Tucker - Barker
- Eric Wilton - Steward on Dock
- Ralph Brooks - Dance Extra
- Libby Taylor - Tiny, Gladys' Maid
- Thomas Pogue - Minister
- Director(s):
- Jack Conway
- Writer(s):
- Wallace Sullivan, George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmet Rogers
- Producer(s):
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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