Love Crazy (1941)

I love all his movies

Marital bliss turns into amusing chaos as the only way William Powell can keep his wife Myrna Loy from divorcing him is to have himself declared insane, in Jack Conway's, "Love Crazy." While not quite as funny as the premise sounds, there are plenty of smiles and enough hilarious moments to put this in the upper echelon of the many films Powell and Loy made together. Pandro S. Berman's glossy production has a fine suporting cast that includes pretty Gail Patrick and Jack Carson, and a good screenplay from William Ludwig, Charles Lederer, and David Hertz, based on an original story by Hertz and Ludwig.Steve Ireland (William Powell) and his wife Susan (Myrna Loy) have been happily married for four years and only Steve's mother-in-law (Florence Bates) can ruin their anniversary. He can't get rid of her fast enough when she drops in unexpectedly and ruins all their plans. On his way to mail something for her to help speed up the process he runs into his old flame, Isobel Grayson, winningly portrayed by Gail Patrick. She is fun and freespirited, and a little thing like marriage, his or hers, is of small consequence.The mix-ups begin when they get trapped in an elevator and have to climb out the top to escape. It's hilarious when Steve gets his head caught and when the couple finally do manage to make it out, a discheveled Steve, his hat in Isobel's apartment and her shoes in his pocket, must make a different kind of escape from the carefree and more than willing Isobel.Steve gets back and things settle down, but when his mother-in-law slips on a rug she brought them, Susan is forced to leave Steve alone with her while she picks up her aunt Laura at the train station. Looking for an escape, any escape, he manages through a ruse to slip out and have a drink with Isobel, who lives downstairs. Susan's meddling mother overhears Steve's plan to sneak out, and Susan attempts to make him jealous and get even by arranging a kiss with Isobel's husband. When she gets the wrong apartment by mistake, a confused Ward Willoughby (Jack Carson) plays along because Susan is quite a dish.The merry mix-up results in Susan thinking Steve lied to her about his old girlfriend Isobel and she files for divorce. Steve's attorney pal advises him the only way he can keep Susan from making it final is to feign insanity. Just how far he'll go to convince everyone he's off his rocker may be too far, as a group of alienists from the lunacy board, in spite of Steve's protests, decide he's nutty as a fruitcake! When Susan, who knows, of course, he's faking it, refuses custody and has him wisked away to Doctor Wuthering's Rest Home, it just gets merrier.A visit from Willioughby so he can gloat, and an escape by Steve that will involve him dressing up and pretending to be his own sister to avoid the cops and win over his love Susan, are just some of the highlights in this fun and amusing marital farce. The "Hiawatha" scene and Steve getting to slap around Willoughby as his own sister offer a lot of fun for classic film fans.Loy is just a sweet doll here and Powell is his usual charming self as The Thin Man couple have an amusing outing that over six decades later still outshines anything Hollywood has to offer today. A sure bet for fans of our favorite screen couple, William Powell and Myrna Loy.

a little difficult to follow, but as as always Powell and Loy make this couple makes the film enjoyable

I love the movie and had rented it on VUDU recently because I need subtitles for my hearing loss. There are usually no SDH on an archive collection; it's a same !! The movie is so funny and I love William Powell. If I could afford his Thin Man series I would get them. Another good William Powell movie is My Man Godfrey. You won't want to miss getting any of his films, they are all great and classic fun at it's best.

The chemistry between Myrna Loy and William Powell was amazing as always. A fun time we had watching it with smiles on our faces.

I’m a classic movie aficionado and this is in my top 5. It is so hilarious it makes me cry from laughing. I’ve seen it dozens of times and it’s still so funny! Myrna and William are one of the best comedy couples ever and this movie showcases it like no other. 😂

Not their best collaboration.

Big fan of Bill Powell and Myrna Loy...especially the Thin Man series of movies that they starred together.Huge movie buff with over 1,000 store bought DVDs and Blue Rays. Was not familiar with this movie and saw it a few months ago on TCM and laughed my arse off.Very cute motion picture in the same genre as Arsenic and Old Lace.I highly recommend it

Maybe not as good as I Love you Again, which I love, this is another wacky comedy from Powell and Loy who were so brilliant together. They play a happily married couple until an old flame of Powell’s shows up and Loy suspects an affair and, when Powell gives a muddled response to her questions, she starts divorce proceedings. To stall this Powell goes mad.This pairs films will always be worth a look.

We had seen this film many times on TCM and have thoroughly enjoyed it for years. It was unavailable in a single copy until recently. I checked Amazon recently and, Voila! there it was. We watched it again last night and howled in glee throughout.

Great old movie. It keeps old cinema alive.