Libeled Lady
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Produced by | Lawrence Weingarten |
| Written by | George Oppenheimer Howard Emmett Rogers Wallace Sullivan Maurine Dallas Watkins |
| Starring | William Powell Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Jean Harlow |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | English |
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Libeled Lady is a 1936 comedy film. The film was written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway. The film stars William Powell and Jean Harlow (who were romantically involved at the time), Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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After she is falsely accused of breaking up a marriage, the wealthy Connie Allenbury (Loy) sues the New York Evening Star newspaper for libel. Warren Haggerty (Tracy), the chief editor, comes up with a scheme to avoid paying damages. He arranges for his long-suffering fiancée, Gladys Benton (Harlow), to marry a former reporter, lady's man Bill Chandler (Powell). He pays Chandler to romance Miss Allenbury so that he can catch her red-handed, alone with a married man, and force her to drop the lawsuit. Complications arise when Chandler and Allenbury actually fall in love, and Benton decides that she prefers her suave "husband" to the marriage-averse newspaperman.
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