I'm so in for this constant bickering

I'm so in for this constant bickering

Archie Mayo’s It’s Love I’m After reaches such incredible highs in the rom-com genre that I honestly never thought possible for me. There’s a special place in my heart for the 90’s and 2000’s era of rom-com and even the 80’s John Hughes era but for the most part I struggle to love those as much because of the script and story quality outside of the comedy, in this one Casey Robinson’s work on the screenplay seamlessly stitches together the brilliance of his witty comedic writing and the endearing romance story without having one take away from the other and even blending the two in such a perfect way, and I know I haven’t seen some of the classics like When Harry Met Sally but I’ve simply never seen a rom-com executed to this level before. I’m also in love wirh this concept and the characters it brought with it, Leslie Howard defining the term ‘actor-brain’ makes for so many hilarious moments through what felt like every second of this movie and Howard’s chemistry with his co-stars, specifically Eric Blore and Bette Davis, is some of the best comedic chemistry I’ve ever seen, I’m not sure how or where I’d even begin to rank my favorite comedic performances of all time but I know for sure that Howard would be very high up there. And for the reason I ever turned this on, that being Bette Davis, the same praise I gave to Howard applies to her as well, she obviously had less of a spotlight to shine in than he did but every chance she got she took over the screen and repeatedly showed me why she’s one of my favorite actresses to ever live. She fits like a glove in this comedy-centric cheery atmosphere and I can only hope she has more gems like this in her filmography. Eric Blore also deserves his own focus as Digges is genuinely one of my new favorite comedy characters of all time, his facial expressions were brilliant and I loved the annoyed wittiness of his character and with Blore’s delivery being nothing short of comedic perfection I’ll definitely need to see more of his work after this watch too. I’m not sure if I could put it better than just saying it achieves the pure warmhearted joy that we all come to the rom-com genre to feel, it even transcends that magic for me and becomes one of my favorite, not just rom-coms, but comedy movies I’ve ever watched, all I can say is do yourself the favor of putting on this complete joy of a 90 minute comedy to make your day better.

Archie Mayo’s It’s Love I’m After reaches such incredible highs in the rom-com genre that I honestly never thought possible for me. There’s a special place in my heart for the 90’s and 2000’s era of rom-com and even the 80’s John Hughes era but for the most part I struggle to love those as much because of the script and story quality outside of the comedy, in this one Casey Robinson’s work on the screenplay seamlessly stitches together the brilliance of his witty comedic writing and the endearing romance story without having one take away from the other and even blending the two in such a perfect way, and I know I haven’t seen some of the classics like When Harry Met Sally but I’ve simply never seen a rom-com executed to this level before. I’m also in love wirh this concept and the characters it brought with it, Leslie Howard defining the term ‘actor-brain’ makes for so many hilarious moments through what felt like every second of this movie and Howard’s chemistry with his co-stars, specifically Eric Blore and Bette Davis, is some of the best comedic chemistry I’ve ever seen, I’m not sure how or where I’d even begin to rank my favorite comedic performances of all time but I know for sure that Howard would be very high up there. And for the reason I ever turned this on, that being Bette Davis, the same praise I gave to Howard applies to her as well, she obviously had less of a spotlight to shine in than he did but every chance she got she took over the screen and repeatedly showed me why she’s one of my favorite actresses to ever live. She fits like a glove in this comedy-centric cheery atmosphere and I can only hope she has more gems like this in her filmography. Eric Blore also deserves his own focus as Digges is genuinely one of my new favorite comedy characters of all time, his facial expressions were brilliant and I loved the annoyed wittiness of his character and with Blore’s delivery being nothing short of comedic perfection I’ll definitely need to see more of his work after this watch too. I’m not sure if I could put it better than just saying it achieves the pure warmhearted joy that we all come to the rom-com genre to feel, it even transcends that magic for me and becomes one of my favorite, not just rom-coms, but comedy movies I’ve ever watched, all I can say is do yourself the favor of putting on this complete joy of a 90 minute comedy to make your day better.

Can't believe I haven't seen this in almost four years lol. It was as good as I remembered it. The cast are superb. Leslie Howard leads the film with such witt and class, Bette Davis is vivacious and boisterous, while Olivia de Havilland boasts of the typical grace and class she often displayed in her following films. It definitely had it's funny moments admittedly! And definitely one of the more underrated screwball comedies of the era.

Can't believe I haven't seen this in almost four years lol. It was as good as I remembered it. The cast are superb. Leslie Howard leads the film with such witt and class, Bette Davis is vivacious and boisterous, while Olivia de Havilland boasts of the typical grace and class she often displayed in her following films. It definitely had it's funny moments admittedly! And definitely one of the more underrated screwball comedies of the era.

This might just be one of the funniest films of the 1930s. A good ol' farce is what I wanted and a good ol' farce is what I got. It's very hard to not laugh or chuckle or smile or grin as the film tries to guarantee a joke a minute. Every time you are amused by the hilarity and wit simply restart the timer.

The simplistic characters of the farce make for excellent subjects as the simple setup of a cad hoping to prove to himself that he can do something straight by another man and by extension the woman he truly loves - bicker as they might - all while performing as he truly is to try and disillusion an obsessive who only falls more deeply and deeply in love with the exaggerated self feels very much akin to our own modern day understandings of the parasocial relationship. These layers upon layers, all bolstered by the presence of Digges, the manservant, who goes along with everything and is exasperated by it all.

It's Love I'm After wouldn't feel too far out of place on stage, but what little visual gags there are are meant to support the timing and cadence of the incredibly funny dialogue and delivery of the actors. Thoroughly enjoyable. This might just be a film from this time period that I'll have to repeatedly show other people

This might just be one of the funniest films of the 1930s. A good ol' farce is what I wanted and a good ol' farce is what I got. It's very hard to not laugh or chuckle or smile or grin as the film tries to guarantee a joke a minute. Every time you are amused by the hilarity and wit simply restart the timer.

The simplistic characters of the farce make for excellent subjects as the simple setup of a cad hoping to prove to himself that he can do something straight by another man and by extension the woman he truly loves - bicker as they might - all while performing as he truly is to try and disillusion an obsessive who only falls more deeply and deeply in love with the exaggerated self feels very much akin to our own modern day understandings of the parasocial relationship. These layers upon layers, all bolstered by the presence of Digges, the manservant, who goes along with everything and is exasperated by it all.

It's Love I'm After wouldn't feel too far out of place on stage, but what little visual gags there are are meant to support the timing and cadence of the incredibly funny dialogue and delivery of the actors. Thoroughly enjoyable. This might just be a film from this time period that I'll have to repeatedly show other people

this was cute!!! I love love love Bette Davis

this was cute!!! I love love love Bette Davis