It’s Love I’m After (Mayo, 1937)
My Fall Movies # 20
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It’s Love I’m After is another nutty love-square romantic comedy, only it’s not quite as totally frakking insane as Four’s a Crowd. Nevertheless, it’s a flat out awesome romcom, with stellar performances from the whole cast. Unlike Four’s a Crowd, you can be pretty certain from the beginning who’s going to end up with who, despite the couple swapping (and at one point it almost becomes a love pentagon when Davis’ character starts to cozy up to DeHavilland’s dad), but it’s fun to watch them get there. It also has one of the best lines ever in a comedy. After being particularly mean to De Havilland, only to have her delight in his criticisms, Leslie Howard says, «You don’t suppose I’ve awakened her ‘slap me again, I love it’ complex?» (Obscure Classics.)
