Libeled Lady | |
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Directed by | Jack Conway |
Written by | Wallace Sullivan |
Screenplay by | Maurine Dallas Watkins Howard Emmett Rogers George Oppenheimer |
Produced by | Lawrence Weingarten |
Starring | Jean Harlow William Powell Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Walter Connolly |
Cinematography | Norbert Brodine |
Edited by | Frederick Y. Smith |
Music by | William Axt |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $603,000[1] |
Box office | $2,723,000[1] |
Libeled Lady is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. It was written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan, and Maurine Dallas Watkins. This was the fifth of fourteen films in which Powell and Loy were teamed, inspired by their success in the Thin Man series.
Libeled Lady was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film was remade in 1946 as Easy to Wed with Esther Williams, Van Johnson, and Lucille Ball.