August 12 movie: Love Crazy. William Powell and Myrna Loy usually star in sophisticated, arch comedies like the Thin Man series. Here they go slapstick. Way, way slapstick. Powell pratfalls, gets his head stuck in an elevator door, hangs upside down in a tree, and wears drag. I still enjoyed it. The part of Ralph Bellamy was played by Jack Carson.
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I haven't seen it, but I've heard it. Lux Radio Theater did a version (it's available at archive.org). I think the movie must have been funnier.
Honestly the movie wasn't all that funny either. I can't imagine how a movie with so much slapstick would translate to radio. Half the movie must have been like, "Honey, your head is stuck in the elevator door! Watch out, you just fell on the floor!"