Movie Reviewed: Love Crazy (1941), starring William Powell and Myrna Loy

Movie Reviewed: Love Crazy (1941), starring William Powell and Myrna Loy

An off-beat comedy and a real screwball slapstick

This is Pando Berman’s second production at MGM and a box office hit, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, also costarring Gail Patrick and Jack Carson. This is a real screwball slapstick, an absolute knockabout farce that makes viewers laugh all the way. The script writers, David Hertz, Ludwig and Charles Lederer did magic that made William Powell feigning madness to prevent his wife, played Myrna Loy, from divorcing him. This premise made no more sense than the madcap mishaps that follows this debacle. Director Jack Conway certainly does his best to keep audiences in a laughing mood. This is very engaging movie and keep you glued to the screen to know what happens next.

Powell and Loy had great chemistry working together on screen, and their success was illustrated by a list of 14 movies made as a team including the 1936 lavish production of “The Great Ziegfeld” which won the best Academy Award. This movie is a real treat for all fans of Myrna Loy and William Powell.