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You Can't Beat Love

1937 · 62 min

A breezy, silly screwball comedy that zips along with playful banter and harmless political mischief.

Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin
Overview
The film begins with a knuckle-head playboy (Preston Foster) working on a road crew dressed in a tux in order to win a bet. Apparently, this guy will take on any bet or act on a whim. This becomes very apparent when he disrupts a food giveaway hosted by the mayor’s daughter and as a result of this, he announces he’s running for mayor–though he seems very much apolitical and has no interest in the job. Later, when he once again meets up with the mayor’s daughter (Joan Fontaine) they supposedly fall in love–although there seemed to be little chemistry between them and it made very little sense for Fontaine to suddenly love a guy she so quickly hated at the beginning of the film. Plus, she really had plenty of reason to dislike the guy.

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Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • politics
  • class
  • corruption
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
romance, comedy
Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Written by
David Silverstein, Maxwell Shane
Starring
Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin, William Brisbane, Alan Bruce, Paul Hurst
Runtime
62 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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