
Love Crazy (1941)
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Director: Jack Conway
Writers: David Hertz (story) and William Ludwig (story)
Tagline: From blissful kisses to sizzling hisses, they're Mr. and Mrs. again! (jejeje, qué bueno)
Plot Summary: Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date...
Cast:
William Powell ... Stephen 'Steve'/'Stevie' Ireland
Myrna Loy ... Susan Ireland
Gail Patrick ... Isobel Kimble Grayson
Jack Carson ... Ward Willoughby
Florence Bates ... Mrs. Cooper
Sidney Blackmer ... Lawyer George Renny
"Love Crazy" is a rather uneven comedy starring that wonderful team of Myrna Loy and William Powell, along with Jack Carson and Florence Bates. The film starts out one way - a madly in love couple celebrating their fourth anniversary - and then goes another - divorce court.
When Stephen Ireland (Powell) runs into an old girlfriend (Gail Patrick) living in his building, the fun begins. They spend the evening talking, but due to a variety of circumstances, Susan (Loy) doesn't believe his story and decides to file for divorce immediately. Stephen does everything he can to get his wife back, but as the divorce becomes close to being finalized, he feigns insanity to buy more time.
Powell is great at slapstick, of course, and there's plenty of it as he slips on the rug his mother-in-law (Bates) gave them and swings upside down from trees. The extra little kick here comes from his scenes in drag, which are phenomenal. Powell is perfect as his own sister and even shaved his trademark mustache! One of the funniest scenes occurs when a thread from his fake breast gets caught on the spindle of the record player and unravels.
There's little to be said about Powell and Loy - they are always a delight. Jack Carson has a great role as a neighbor interested in Loy. "Willoughby, Ward Willoughby," is how he introduces himself. He's wonderful. Florence Bates is appropriately annoying. Gail Patrick, with her good looks and magnificent voice, has a part that actually disappears for a good deal of the film, but returns later. She's excellent. But Powell in drag is a revelation and the best thing about the film for me.
I read recently with interest that Don Adams' voice in "Get Smart" was actually modeled on Powell's speaking patterns and pitch. Of course, during this film, I couldn't stop thinking about it and realizing the similarity. Don Adams couldn't have chosen a better model.
Specs:
Filesize.....: 697 MB (or 714,246 KB or 731,387,904 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:38:41 (141,960 fr)
Video Codec..: XviD
Video Bitrate: 918 kb/s
Audio Codec..: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 62 kb/s, monophonic VBR
Frame Size...: 496x368 (1.35:1) [=31:23]
Subs: English, French
Subtítulos en español, cortesía de candas.

Thanks, again, Wolfman.
Previously on DXC: Love Crazy (Jack Conway, 1941) SATRip VO