It's Love I'm After (1937)

Directed by

Archie Mayo

Genre

screwball comedy film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple keeps delaying their marriage and coming up with new plans to finally get hitched. Their scheming and squabbling take center stage as they try to outmaneuver each other.

fast-pacedplayfulromanticwittycharminglightheartedsillyenergetic

What happens

It's Love I'm After is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the story "Gentlemen After Midnight" by Maurice Hanline, with a screenplay by Casey Robinson, the film is about a couple who have postponed their marriage eleven times and who continue to plot and scheme their way to marriage. The film marked the third on-screen pairing of Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, following Of Human Bondage and The Petrified Forest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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