Product: Myrna Loy & Williams Powell: Collection (2007)
Rating: 5.0
Loy and Powell....CLASSIC!!
I had previously bought The Thin Man collection before buying this, which was excellent!! I bought the Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection in the hopes it would be just as wonderful, and it is!! The first movie, Evelyn Prentice is half murder mystery, half court room drama. Evelyn is shamefully neglected by her ambitious husband. Feeling lonely she agrees to have tea with a different gentlemen, although this is as far as the relationship goes, the young man begins to blackmail Evelyn. When a corpse turns up it puts Evelyn and her unaware attorney husband in a tough spot. Manhattan Melodrama is just that, a melodrama. It tells the tale of two boyhood friends that were orphaned together and raised through hardship together. One boy turns out very well (William Powell) being honest and successful and scholarly. The other boy's (Clark Gable) life goes awry. he prefers pool halls and gambling and dishonesty to school and his studies. Although both remain loyal lifelong friends, Myrna Loy drives a wedge between the two which is driven deeper when William Powell must decide whether to help his outlaw pal or choose his honesty. I Love You, Again is a hilarious comedy about stoic Larry Wilson (William Powell) who is hit on the head and suddenly remembers that he has had a lapse of memory for the past 9 years and is actually George Carey, the gangster. Soon discovering that during his state of amnesia he had married beautiful Kay (Myrna Loy). Larry/George gets all geared up for some romance only to discover that his wife is filing for divorce. Also he is setting up a big scam for the people of Habersville. Between trying to win back his wife's affection and manage in a town where he is well known yet knows nothing himself puts him in many hilarious scrapes. Double Wedding is also a comedy. Margit (Myrna Loy)is a controlling woman who decides her sister's and her sister's fiancee's every move. When the sister decides not to marry her fiancee, Charles (William Powell) decides to help her ex-fiancee win her back, in the process falling in love with Margit. Now Powell must find a way to loosen the formidable Loy up enough to be able to accept his love. Love Crazy is by far the best film in the entire collection. Steve and Susan Ireland are all set for a romantic anniversary only to be interrupted by Susan's meddling mother. Mother sends Steve off to mail a policy and when he runs into old flame Isobel Grayson, his mother-in-law blows the situation out of proportion to Susan. Susan then calls Mr. Grayson,Isobel's husband, and asks him if they can give their spouses a "taste of their own medicine" by kissing when they come home. Much confusion ensues when Susan, never having met Mr. Grayson, goes to the wrong man's apartment. After a confusing and troubling night Susan leaves Steve. The night before Susan and Steve are to go before the judge for their divorce, Steve's lawyer comes up with a scheme that if Steve pretends to be insane, that Susan cannot divorce him for at least five years (which was the law of that day and age). After many hysterical antics Steve convinces the court and the public that he is insane. Susan, who is not fooled a bit, retaliates by having him committed to an institution. Steve is now caught in his own trap but has no way out. I wont spoil the ending for y'all! Anyway this is a wonderful collection of classic movies. All fans of "The Thin Man" won't be disappointed by this collection!)