Movie #547 "Double Wedding" was the 7th out of 14 movies that William Powell and Myrna Loy were in (the two stars of all the Thin Man movies, some of my favorite). The director of this one directed 184 movies (12 alone in 1932) with a career that spanned from 1923 to 1967, several some of my favorite movies like "A Date with Judy," "How the West Was Won" ()some sequences) and the last in the Thin Man series. This is one of the screwballiest of all screwball comedies I've ever seen, and I can't believe I hadn't seen it before. I watched it on TCM this a.m. and was chuckling quite a bit --- dialogue is fast like "His Girl Friday" and the storyline is a bit crazy, but what do you want for a screwball comedy! My favorite parts happened when Myrna Loy would call this one big guy "The Ape Man" and he'd yell at her! This was really different for the two of them, and then when I read some trivia about the movie, I found out that Powell was grieving during the filming of this (Jean Harlowe had just died) and everyone was really sad making this, I couldn't imagine how they got through this. Must have been difficult, but I found it quite a gem, and I recommend it if you like screwball comedies!
I rated this 4 out of 5 stars
Double Wedding
(1937) NR
For four years, Margit (Myrna Loy) has planned every move of her sister Irene (Florence Rice) and Irene's fiancé (John Beal) and has big things in store for their wedding. But Margit's well-ordered life falls apart with the appearance of freewheeling Charlie Lodge (William Powell). Polar opposites, Margit and Charlie clash over Irene's impending nuptials. Famed screen team Loy and Powell pair for the seventh time in this lighthearted comedy.
Genre:Classic Movies, Comedies, Romantic Movies, Classic Comedies, Romantic Comedies, Classic Romantic Movies
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