It's Love I'm After (1937)
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- 1h 30min
- Comedy
- 20 Nov 1937 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast verified as complete
Leslie Howard | ... |
Basil Underwood
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Bette Davis | ... |
Joyce Arden
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Olivia de Havilland | ... |
Marcia West
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Patric Knowles | ... |
Henry Grant, Jr.
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Eric Blore | ... |
Digges
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George Barbier | ... |
William West
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Bonita Granville | ... |
Gracie Kane
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Spring Byington | ... |
Aunt Ella Paisley
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Georgia Caine | ... |
Mrs. Kane
(as Georgia Craine)
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Veda Ann Borg | ... |
Elsie
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E.E. Clive | ... |
First Butler
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Valerie Bergere | ... |
Joyce's Maid
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Sarah Edwards | ... |
Mrs. Hinkle
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Thomas Pogue | ... |
Mr. Hinkle
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Grace Field | ... |
Mrs. Babson
(as Grace Fields)
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Harvey Clark | ... |
Mr. Babson
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Edmund Mortimer | ... |
Mr. Kane
(as Ed Mortimer)
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Thomas R. Mills | ... |
Second Butler
(as Thomas Mills)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Herbert Ashley | ... |
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
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Irving Bacon | ... |
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Lionel Belmore | ... |
Friar Lawrence (uncredited)
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Georgie Cooper | ... |
Woman Guest (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Theater Patron (uncredited)
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Paul Irving | ... |
House Manager (uncredited)
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Jack Mower | ... |
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Paul Russell | ... |
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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Cliff Saum | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Janet Shaw | ... |
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
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Rosella Towne | ... |
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
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Joan Valerie | ... |
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
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Patricia Walthall | ... |
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
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Directed by
Archie Mayo | ... | (as Archie L. Mayo) |
Written by
Casey Robinson | ... | (screen play) |
Maurice Hanline | ... | (original story "Gentlemen After Midnight") |
Produced by
Harry Joe Brown | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Hal B. Wallis | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Heinz Roemheld | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
James Van Trees | ... | (photography by) |
Tony Gaudio | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
Owen Marks | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
Carl Jules Weyl | ... | (as Carl Weyl) |
Costume Design by
Orry-Kelly | ... | (gowns) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1937) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Limited (1937) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers Pictures (1937) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. First National Films (1937) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1938) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1938) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. First National Films (1938) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
Renowned stage actors Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden are partners on and off the stage. An occupational hazard for Basil is that women often fall in love with what they see of him on the stage, he who sometimes indulges that adoration. Basil and Joyce's personal life is passionate and tempestuous characterized by constant fighting and making up, which is often continued on-stage under their breaths. After their latest fight and reconciliation, they decide to get married... for the twelfth time. They are determined to make it to the altar this time. But Basil feels he needs to wipe clean the slate first by doing a favor for a stranger, Henry Grant, whose fiancée has fallen in love with him. With his latest script in hand, Basil vows to make Henry's fiancée fall out of love with him by playing the cad. He finds that it may be more difficult than he first imagined when he finds out that the woman in question is Marcia West, the young woman who professed her love to him earlier in the evening and whose fawning he was thinking about indulging. As Basil is at the West mansion thinking if he should play this latest role as cad or romantic leading man, Digges, Basil's faithful dresser who is along for the ride, thinks that there is a missing female role in this play, one that would be played perfectly by Joyce. When Joyce arrives on the scene, the question becomes what is acting and what is real life. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Listen, You...it's LOVE I'm after! - ...and it's love you're going to get -- in the neck! See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | This is the third and final pairing of Leslie Howard and Bette Davis (after Of Human Bondage (1934), and The Petrified Forest (1936)), and their only comedy together. See more » |
Goofs | After Basil ties (off camera) his ascot before breakfast, the tie's spots are showing. Immediately after, same scene, the tie has stripes. Then, in the third scene immediately following, the tie again shows spots. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (1977). See more » |
Quotes |
Marcia West:
[about Basil]
I don't think there are words to describe him, do you? Joyce Arden: Well, there probably are, but one would have to have a very extensive vocabulary. See more » |