This Thing Called Love (1929)

Directed by

Paul L. Stein

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple navigates the early days of marriage with humor and misunderstandings. Their romantic life is complicated by friends and social expectations.

lightheartedromanticplayfulold-fashionedbreezycheerfulnostalgic

What happens

This Thing Called Love is a 1929 American romantic comedy pre-Code film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Ruth Taylor, Roscoe Karns, and ZaSu Pitts. Jean Harlow appears in a cameo role as she was not yet famous. The film is based on the play This Thing Called Love, a Comedy in Three Acts, by Edwin J. Burke. The film was recorded in RCA Photophone and featured a two-color Multicolor sequence. The color sequence lasts three minutes and takes place in a cafe setting. No complete copy of the film survives, only the Multicolor sequence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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