I Love You Again (1940)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Writers:

Octavus Roy Cohen (novel)
Leon Gordon (story) ...
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Release Date:

9 August 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

It's one, long, loud l-a-u-g-h!

Plot:

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Plot Keywords:

Businessman | Cruise | Amnesia | Ocean Liner | Marriage

Cast

William Powell	...	Lawrence 'Larry' Wilson, aka George Carey
Myrna Loy	...	Katherine 'Kay' Wilson
Frank McHugh	...	'Doc' Ryan
Edmund Lowe	...	Duke Sheldon
Donald Douglas	...	Herbert
Nella Walker	...	Kay's mother
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer	...	Leonard Harkspur Jr.
Pierre Watkin	...	Mr. W.H. Sims
Paul Stanton	...	Mr. Edward Littlejohn Sr.
Morgan Wallace	...	Mr. Phil Belenson
Charles Arnt	...	Mr. Billings
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hooper Atchley	...	Man Greeting Wilson Saying 'Look Chief' (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey	...	First man greeting Wilson in pottery office (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford	...	Miss Stingecombe (Larry's secretary) (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard	...	Watchman (uncredited)
Gladys Blake	...	Salesgirl (uncredited)
Robert Blake	...	Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs	...	Mayor Carver (uncredited)
Hal Cooke	...	Man greeting Wilson in pottery office (uncredited)
Nell Craig	...	Kay's maid (uncredited)
Dix Davis	...	Cpl. Belenson (uncredited)
John Dilson	...	Worker 'Trying it in tile and clay' (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Mr. Watkins, (man in bar on ship) (uncredited)
Dick Elliott	...	Range leader (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Woman in lingerie department (uncredited)
Charles Halton	...	Mr. Leonard Harkspur Sr. (uncredited)
Harry Hayden	...	Mr. Wayne (man in bar on ship) (uncredited)
Edward Hearn	...	Observer of man overboard (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt	...	Mr. Hines (floorwalker) (uncredited)
Harry Lash	...	Shop steward (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis	...	Sailor yelling, 'Man overboard' (uncredited)
George Lloyd	...	Joe (police sergeant) (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall	...	Worker saying, 'Seventy hours . . .' (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor	...	Taxi driver (uncredited)
Paul Parry	...	Man greeting Wilson in pottery office (uncredited)
Sally Payne	...	Salesgirl (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.	...	Worker with Hendrickson account (uncredited)
Claire Rochelle	...	Salesgirl selling lingerie (uncredited)
Warren Rock	...	Man greeting Wilson in pottery office (uncredited)
Harry Strang	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
William Tannen	...	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Watchman (uncredited)
Ted Thompson	...	Man greeting Wilson in pottery office (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim	...	Malavinksy (fingerprint man) (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)

Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke		(as W.S. Van Dyke II)

Writing credits
Octavus Roy Cohen		(novel)
Leon Gordon		(story) and
Maurine Dallas Watkins		(story) (as Maurine Watkins)
Charles Lederer		(screenplay) &
George Oppenheimer		(screenplay) and
Harry Kurnitz		(screenplay)

Produced by
Lawrence Weingarten	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Franz Waxman		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Oliver T. Marsh

Film Editing by
Gene Ruggiero

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hugh Boswell	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Daniel B. Cathcart	....	associate art director

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Franz Waxman	....	musical director
George Bassman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Ruby Ray	....	imitator: bird calls (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (as Loew's Inc.)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1940) (USA) (theatrical) (as Loew's Inc.)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) (France) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Teakwood Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Turner Entertainment  package design (1993 & 2007 releases)
• Turner Entertainment  supplementary material (2007 release)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #6390)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The ninth of fourteen films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harkspur, Sr., Littlejohn and Belenson visit Larry at his home to discuss the land deal, at one point he walks over toward the window and the other three men follow him; as they stop and continue their conversation, Harkspur can be seen holding his hat in his left hand. There is a jump cut to the next shot and Harkspur is now holding his hat in his right hand.

Quotes:

George Carey: You be careful madam, or you'll turn my pretty head with your flattery.
Kay Wilson: I often wished I could turn your head - on a spit, over a slow fire.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Auld Lang Syne

Amnesia theme brightens amusing comedy...

Seems to me that in the course of his career, WILLIAM POWELL has been in many a movie as an amnesia victim--but here, it's strictly for laughs. He and Myrna Loy (at her most attractive) are paired again as a romantic couple with their usual share of misunderstandings and shenanigans. It has the flavor of a Nick and Nora flick--without Astor.

The story is a series of misunderstandings and comic situations all set up by the fact that Powell is struggling to remember who he was--and meanwhile rediscovers his wife and loves her very much even though she is threatening to leave him. None of it makes much sense and all of it is played strictly for laughs and romantic charm.

Working with very thin material, Loy and Powell do it again. Proof that their box-office chemistry was no fluke. If you enjoy this one, try LOVE CRAZY with an even crazier approach to the amnesia angle and even more amusing.