Libeled Lady
Libeled Lady is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy. The screenplay was written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, and George Oppenheimer, from a story by Wallace Sullivan. This was the fifth of fourteen films in which Powell and Loy were teamed, inspired by their success in the Thin Man series.
Plot
Wealthy Connie Allenbury is falsely accused of breaking up a marriage and sues the New York Evening Star newspaper for $5 million for libel. Warren Haggerty, the managing editor, turns in desperation to former reporter and suave ladies' man Bill Chandler for help. Bill's scheme is to maneuver Connie into being alone with him when his wife shows up, so that the suit will have to be dropped. Bill is not married, so Warren volunteers his long-suffering fiancée, Gladys Benton, to marry Bill in name only, over her loud protests.
Cast
- Barnett Parker
- Bobby Watson
- Bodil Rosing
- Charles Irwin
- Charles King
- Charles Trowbridge
- Charley Grapewin
- Cora Witherspoon
- Dennis O'Keefe
- E. E. Clive
- Franklin Parker
- Fred Graham
- George Chandler
- George Davis
- Greta Meyer
- Gwen Lee
- Hal K. Dawson
- Harry C. Bradley
- Hattie McDaniel
- Howard Hickman
- Jack Mulhall
- Jay Eaton
- Jean Harlow
- Jed Prouty
- Myrna Loy
- Nick Thompson
- Pat West
- Richard Tucker
- Selmer Jackson
- Spencer Charters
- Spencer Tracy
- Walter Connolly
- William Newell
- William Powell
More details
| author | George Oppenheimer Maurine Dallas Watkins |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Jack Conway |
| editor | Frederick Y. Smith |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | break even falsely accused fortune hunters libel married ocean liner yucatan |
| musicBy | William Axt |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Picture |
| producer | Lawrence Weingarten |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | romantic comedy screwball comedy teen |