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7.3When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Released: 1936-10-0998 minDir: Jack ConwayComedy, Romance
Cast
- Jean Harlow as Gladys Benton
- William Powell as William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler
- Myrna Loy as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
- Spencer Tracy as Warren Haggerty
- Walter Connolly as James B. Allenbury
- Charley Grapewin as Hollis Bane
Themes
- newspaper
- fishing
- marriage
- love
- lawyer
- reporter
- wedding
- divorce
- screwball comedy
- high society
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- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 170030
- Image
- Jean Harlow in Libeled Lady trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Libeled Lady (film)
- publication date
- 1936-10-09
- title
- Libeled Lady
- review score
- 88%
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Categories
1930s screwball comedy films1936 American films1936 English-language films1936 films1936 romantic comedy filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican romantic comedy filmsAmerican screwball comedy filmsAmerican seafaring filmsEnglish-language romantic comedy filmsFilms about journalistsFilms about marriageFilms about newspaper publishingFilms directed by Jack ConwayFilms scored by William AxtFilms set in LondonFilms set in New York CityMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date