It's Love I'm After
It's Love I'm After is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the story "Gentlemen After Midnight" by Maurice Hanline, with a screenplay by Casey Robinson, the film is about a couple who have postponed their marriage eleven times and who continue to plot and scheme their way to marriage. The film marked the third on-screen pairing of Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, following Of Human Bondage and The Petrified Forest.
Plot
Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden are an egotistical acting team known for their romantic scenes on stage and fiery temperaments off. Although they deeply love each other, their frequent spats over the years have kept them from tying the knot.
More details
| author | Casey Robinson |
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| director | Archie Mayo |
| editor | Owen Marks |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | act as you like it egotism egotistical hamlet macbeth marriage plans romeo and juliet the taming of the shrew |
| musicBy | Heinz Eric Roemheld |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis Harry Joe Brown |
| productionCompany | First National Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | romantic comedy screwball comedy |