Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Love Is News
Collapse
X
Collapse
-
Love Is News
Released by: 20th Century Fox Cinema Archives
Released on: June 20, 2012
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche
Year: 1937
Purchase From Amazon
The Movie
Love Is News is a time capsule for Darryl Zanuck's typical “star pictures†set in New York in the late 30's. A brash but honest workingman reporter, Steve Layton (Tyrone Power) works the gossip column at The Daily Express. His new city desk editor, Canavan (Don Ameche), has a love-hate relationship with Steve and so, throughout the movie, they trade barbs and right-crosses.
Setting out on his latest scoop Steve encounters millionairess Tony Gateson (Young). He bluffs his way to an exclusive interview with her but is soon exposed so she decides to pull a big prank on him, turning the tables: She tells the other reporters there to cover her arrival in NYC that she and Steve are engaged. In a milquetoast version of the “hunter becomes the hunted†story the plot now revolves around Steve's desperate attempts to convince everyone that they're not engaged while, at the same turn, Tony keeps at him and fluffing up the story.
Naturally, then, later on the two actually find something worthwhile in each other and start to become close. However, a misunderstood turn of events pits the characters against each other if only to allow for a big romantic climax to cap off the end of the film.
The performances are mostly adequate here although Power and Young are quite notable, basking in their star-power and having fun with it all, their on-screen chemistry is palpable and all that. It's a short, playful romantic filler-type of a film that's an enjoyable enough period piece.
Audio/Video/Extras:
Like others in this archives-release series this release comes just with the film itself - no extras are presented. The film itself is capably transferred in 4:3 full-frame ratio. Apart from some slight frame jumps during the opening credits and a few nicks here and there the transfer looks otherwise quite remarkable. The black & white photography is very sharp and balanced, showing a fine attention to detail for the transfer process. Audio is served up in Dolby Digital 2.0 that handles this older film with aplomb.
The Final Word:
Pitting two characters that basically despise one another against each other allows Love Is News to live up to its own title. Worth watching for the fast-pitched dialog of the time as well as very solid performances from the lead actors as well. Oh and also worth it for the brief appearance of the limo driver credited as, “Stepin Fetchit.â€
-
#1Ian JaneAdministratorFind all postsView Profile10-03-2012, 09:03 AMEditing a commentMore people should lie on the floor and smile when they drink in bars.
-
#2Andrew MonroePallid HandsFind all postsView Profile10-03-2012, 12:24 PMEditing a commentI'm enjoying these sporadic reviews of the Fox C. A. stuff, keep 'em coming!
-
#3NolandoSenior MemberFind all postsView Profile10-03-2012, 01:22 PMEditing a commentThanks! I wanted to get a shot from the bar scene where they're playing checkers on the tiled floor (one person gets 8 beers, the other 8 shots - genius game!).
Posting comments is disabled. -
Categories
Collapse
article_tags
Collapse
- album review (218)
- album reviews (274)
- arrow video (272)
- blu-ray (3225)
- blu-ray review (4177)
- comic books (1392)
- comic reviews (872)
- comics (988)
- dark horse comics (484)
- dvd and blu-ray reviews a-f (1969)
- DVD And Blu-ray Reviews G-M (1711)
- DVD And Blu-ray Reviews N-S (1757)
- DVD And Blu-ray Reviews T-Z (878)
- dvd review (2514)
- idw publishing (216)
- image comics (207)
- kino lorber (391)
- movie news (260)
- review (318)
- scream factory (280)
- severin films (301)
- shout! factory (537)
- twilight time (269)
- twilight time releasing (231)
- vinegar syndrome (500)
Latest Articles
Collapse
-
Released by: Blue Underground
Released on: May 21st, 2024.
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus, Henderson Forsythe, Anya Ormsby, Jane Daly
Year: 1974
Purchase From Amazon
Deathdream – Movie Review:
Also known as Dead Of Night, 1974's Deathdream, directed by the late, great Bob Clark and written by Alan Ormsby (who also wrote Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, directed by Clark shortly before...-
Channel: Movies
05-09-2024, 11:07 AM -
-
Released by: Radiance Films
Released on: May 27th, 2024.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto, Kazuo Mori
Cast: Raizo Ichikawa, Yunosuke Ito, Shiho Fujimura
Year: 1962-1963
Purchase From Amazon
Shinobi – Movie Review:
Radiance Films gives the first three series in the Shinobi (or Shinobi No Mono) series their English friendly Blu-ray debut with this collection comprised of the first three films in the series. Originally released to Japanese...-
Channel: Movies
05-07-2024, 04:40 PM -
-
Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
Released on: April 30th, 2024.
Director: Lech Kowalski
Cast: John Spacely
Year: 1985
Purchase From Amazon
Story Of A Junkie – Movie Review:
New York City filmmaker Lech Kowalski is no stranger to the NYC drug scene. He followed Dee Dee Ramone around and did the same for Johnny Thunders, documenting their exploits on film in movies like Hey Is Dee Dee Home and Born To Lose: The Last Rock And Roll Movie....-
Channel: Movies
05-03-2024, 05:45 PM -
-
Released by: Mélusine
Released on: March 26th, 2024.
Director: John Amero, Lem Amero
Cast: Suzy Mendal, Dory Devon, Jamie Gillis, Eric Edwards, R. Bolla, Wade Nichols, Molly MaloneYear:1981
Purchase From Amazon
Blonde Ambition– Movie Review:
Lem and John Amero, a pair of gay brothers who cut their teeth in the low budget filmmaking world of sixties and seventies era New York City, blend an honest affection for big budget Hollywood musicals,...-
Channel: Movies
05-03-2024, 05:36 PM -
-
Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
Released on: April 20th, 2024.
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland
Year: 1965
Purchase From Amazon
Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors – Movie Review:
Directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus in 1965, Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors is the first of a few anthology style horror pictures that the studio pumped out around this time. It's also one of their best....-
Channel: Movies
05-03-2024, 05:24 PM -
-
Released by: Sony Pictures
Released on: April 30th, 2024.
Director: SJ Clarkson
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor
Year: 2024
Purchase From Amazon
Madame Web –Movie Review:
Maligned pretty much as soon as the trailer dropped, 2024's Madame Web is, honestly, just as bad as you've probably heard. The movie opens in the Peruvian Amazon in 1973 where a pregnant female scientist named Constance Webb...-
Channel: Movies
05-02-2024, 12:57 PM -