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# Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection (Manhattan Melodrama / Evelyn Prentice / Double Wedding / I Love You Again / Love Crazy)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Simply a fan's review
  

*by M***A on Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2014*

I cannot offer a normal critical review. I've been a fan of both actors since I first watched the Thin Man series, so all I can say is that my positive expectations were rewarded. There really is a kind of dynamic between them that the camera can capture but not control or impose.When I wrote the first version of this review (6mar14), I had only watched each movie once; I hadn't noticed many details. For example, I didn't notice any bloopers or goofs. This website, however, remarks on such things: IMDb. I plan to read up next time before watching. [Note: When I first posted this, I put in the link to the other website, but I see that it was removed--even though Amazon owns IMDb. Now I've just written the initials. 9mar2014]For people like me who were expecting the humor of the Thin Man series, it's important to note that two of the films are not comedies: "Manhattan Melodrama" (MM) and "Evelyn Prentice." The first of these was also the first time for them to act together, according to the slipcover. Both of these films let us see Powell & Loy outside their more familiar comedy roles.I just re-watched MM and looked more carefully at what is going on. I like these two performers even more, now.By the time MM movie was made, the word 'melodrama' already had a slightly negative connotation of being an over simplification of life: A completely pure Dudley Do-Right opposes a completely evil Snidely Whiplash. A woman is thrown in, so to speak, as a 'romantic interest'; she, too, must be as pure as the hero. In this movie, we get a similar set up, at least on the surface. Consider the name of Clark Gable & Mickey Roonie's tough-guy character, Blackie. Consider the name of the seemingly dull-witted boy Blackie outwits: Spud. Yet later Blackie hires Spud (played by Nat Pendleton) as his right-hand man.I mention these points because all through the film there are instances of black/white moral oppositions with a third or fourth person in "gray," who sometimes moves to one or the other color. It seems as if the makers of the film are saying that in life there are in fact opposites as well as those in the middle. Yet, they also seem to be saying that what we think is 'good' sometimes is not so good after all, as when Powell's character Jim Wade must make decisions about Blackie, who runs illegal gambling joints. In short, it occurs to me that the makers of the film--writers, director, producer--might have purposely used the somewhat despised vaudeville title of 'melodrama' to highlight people's core character.This takes me to Myrna Loy, who plays Eleanor, Blackie's girlfriend, who tires of his gangster lifestyle. As we discover early on, Eleanor is not a pure heroine in the old school variety but a modern hero(ine): a person who reflects on life and makes some tough decisions about what it means to live a good life. Throughout the movie she serves as a foil to both male leads. [I'm trying not to give the film away.]The next film, "Evelyn Prentice," is also serious drama with black-and-white characters as well as those who move in the gray. As in MM, Powell plays a famous attorney, but Loy, his wife, is the central figure. Loy's character recalls Desdemona in some respects, a credit to the writing as much as the acting.As for the three comedies, they're fun. The slipcover comment about "I Love You Again" says that, after a hit to the head, boring husband (Powell) becomes "convince[d]" he's a "con man." Watching the film a second time, I'm convinced he may have originally been a con man!At some point it might be worthwhile to compare the way certain screen couples work against the times in which they live--and the way Hollywood thought they should be shown. Powell & Loy in the 30s vs say Hanks & Ryan in the 90s. (Somebody has probably done this already, and I'm just not aware of it.)Finally, the more I see work by director W.S. Van Dyke, the more I like it.[revised 9mar14 mv]

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Loy and Powell....CLASSIC!!
  

*by S***H on Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2011*

I had previously bought The Thin Man collection before buying this, which was excellent!! I bought the Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection in the hopes it would be just as wonderful, and it is!! The first movie, Evelyn Prentice is half murder mystery, half court room drama. Evelyn is shamefully neglected by her ambitious husband. Feeling lonely she agrees to have tea with a different gentlemen, although this is as far as the relationship goes, the young man begins to blackmail Evelyn. When a corpse turns up it puts Evelyn and her unaware attorney husband in a tough spot. Manhattan Melodrama is just that, a melodrama. It tells the tale of two boyhood friends that were orphaned together and raised through hardship together. One boy turns out very well (William Powell) being honest and successful and scholarly. The other boy's (Clark Gable) life goes awry. he prefers pool halls and gambling and dishonesty to school and his studies. Although both remain loyal lifelong friends, Myrna Loy drives a wedge between the two which is driven deeper when William Powell must decide whether to help his outlaw pal or choose his honesty. I Love You, Again is a hilarious comedy about stoic Larry Wilson (William Powell) who is hit on the head and suddenly remembers that he has had a lapse of memory for the past 9 years and is actually George Carey, the gangster. Soon discovering that during his state of amnesia he had married beautiful Kay (Myrna Loy). Larry/George gets all geared up for some romance only to discover that his wife is filing for divorce. Also he is setting up a big scam for the people of Habersville. Between trying to win back his wife's affection and manage in a town where he is well known yet knows nothing himself puts him in many hilarious scrapes. Double Wedding is also a comedy. Margit (Myrna Loy)is a controlling woman who decides her sister's and her sister's fiancee's every move. When the sister decides not to marry her fiancee, Charles (William Powell) decides to help her ex-fiancee win her back, in the process falling in love with Margit. Now Powell must find a way to loosen the formidable Loy up enough to be able to accept his love. Love Crazy is by far the best film in the entire collection. Steve and Susan Ireland are all set for a romantic anniversary only to be interrupted by Susan's meddling mother. Mother sends Steve off to mail a policy and when he runs into old flame Isobel Grayson, his mother-in-law blows the situation out of proportion to Susan. Susan then calls Mr. Grayson,Isobel's husband, and asks him if they can give their spouses a "taste of their own medicine" by kissing when they come home. Much confusion ensues when Susan, never having met Mr. Grayson, goes to the wrong man's apartment. After a confusing and troubling night Susan leaves Steve. The night before Susan and Steve are to go before the judge for their divorce, Steve's lawyer comes up with a scheme that if Steve pretends to be insane, that Susan cannot divorce him for at least five years (which was the law of that day and age). After many hysterical antics Steve convinces the court and the public that he is insane. Susan, who is not fooled a bit, retaliates by having him committed to an institution. Steve is now caught in his own trap but has no way out. I wont spoil the ending for y'all! Anyway this is a wonderful collection of classic movies. All fans of "The Thin Man" won't be disappointed by this collection!)

### ⭐ 







  
  
    Great movies but 2 discs don’t work
  

*by S***M on Reviewed in Australia on August 25, 2023*

Great movies but 2 of the 5 movies had issues with the discs and stopped half way through watching them.

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