Yes, it did seem a little odd that the screwball style dialogue and wittiness at the beginning of the movie changed tone a little into the movie, but Myrna Loy was wonderful!
She's what every guy would want - beautiful, upbeat, able to hold her own in a war of words and wills, witty, endearing, emotionally feminine, and a little flirty, all at the same time! If you liked her in the "Thin Man" movies, you'll love her here since it's more of the same - and yet a little more, since she isn't married at the beginning of the movie and that singleness adds a little to the flirtatiousness. What Myrna could do with those eyes of hers!
No wonder it is said that this was Myrna Loy's personal favorite film of hers - she has many shots of her that are just downright flattering! How did they used to describe it? "Fetching," I think it was.
Gable is the smooth-talking, brash egomaniac, able to do anything and charm anyone. Tracy I thought didn't have much of a role and was kind of pushed into the background.
Although the real flying footage was good, the many "walking" and "driving" scenes in front of obvious rear-projected background film really cheapened the look of the movie.
One of the most unintentionally funny lines, seen in today's light, is when Gable admonishes a somber Tracy during a post-victory drunken celebration. It went something like this, "You need to get gay. You might even shock yourself."
She's what every guy would want - beautiful, upbeat, able to hold her own in a war of words and wills, witty, endearing, emotionally feminine, and a little flirty, all at the same time! If you liked her in the "Thin Man" movies, you'll love her here since it's more of the same - and yet a little more, since she isn't married at the beginning of the movie and that singleness adds a little to the flirtatiousness. What Myrna could do with those eyes of hers!
No wonder it is said that this was Myrna Loy's personal favorite film of hers - she has many shots of her that are just downright flattering! How did they used to describe it? "Fetching," I think it was.
Gable is the smooth-talking, brash egomaniac, able to do anything and charm anyone. Tracy I thought didn't have much of a role and was kind of pushed into the background.
Although the real flying footage was good, the many "walking" and "driving" scenes in front of obvious rear-projected background film really cheapened the look of the movie.
One of the most unintentionally funny lines, seen in today's light, is when Gable admonishes a somber Tracy during a post-victory drunken celebration. It went something like this, "You need to get gay. You might even shock yourself."