Much has been made of the fact that whilst this film was being shot Jean Harlow, a close friend of Loy and Powell's fiancé, died tragically leaving Powell and Loy to carry on generating laughs. Frankly I hadn't heard of the film and by extension the events surrounding the shooting so I must confine my comments to the plot and performances. The fact that it is yet another movie soured from Ferenc Molnar implies a certain quality and it doesn't disappoint, casting Powell as a wordly bohemian and Loy as a control freak or, to put it another way, yet another take on Benedek and Beatrice - they start out despising each other and wind up in the sack. This is as good an example as any of the genre and more than worth a look.
Review of Double Wedding
