Wealthy socialite Myrna Loy and her father Walter Connolly sue for the sum of five million dollars the newspaper Spencer Tracy works at for libel for a story that claimed Loy was chasing after a married man. Tracy convinces smooth William Powell to first marry Jean Harlow, who is Tracy's long waiting fiancée, and then to attract Loy's interest enough to get alone with her in order to show that she really is the kind of woman that was suggested in the original story. Powell, perhaps because his part puts him in society as he gets closer with Loy, is probably the most fun to watch, while both Tracy and and Harlow have their moments, but are both forced to run around too much in order to carry out the elaborate and increasingly ridiculous plan. In this regard, Libeled Lady seems to get a little too strained along the way, and the way is a bit too long as well, thus diminishing its comedy value somewhat, though it is still plenty funny and witty enough in parts to be recommendable.
Review of Libeled Lady
