You Can't Beat Love (1937)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Christy Cabanne

Writers:

Olga Moore (story)
Maxwell Shane (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 June 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Forbidden Love | Blackmail | Bribery | Police Chief

Cast

Preston Foster	...	James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes
Joan Fontaine	...	Trudy Olson
Herbert Mundin	...	Jasper 'Meadows' Hives
William Brisbane	...	Clem Bruner
Alan Bruce	...	Scoop Gallagher
Paul Hurst	...	Foreman Butch Mehaffey
Bradley Page	...	Dwight Parsons
Berton Churchill	...	Police Chief Brennan
Frank M. Thomas	...	Mayor Olson
Harold Huber	...	Pretty Boy Jones
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Louie the Weasel
Barbara Pepper	...	May 'Bubbles' Smith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Patrick	...	(scenes deleted)

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #3315)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Poor romcom

Preston Foster is a good action man but put him in a suit with Joan Fontaine as his romantic lead and he is rather out of his depth.Unfortunately it is the case with films of this nature that firstly you need a good script and secondly you need some chemistry between the lead actors.Alas this film falls flat on both counts.It is a sad waste of the talents of all concerned.I am not saying this is boring but it really is not all that entertaining.I had looked at the films page before viewing and saw that it had a mark of 6.5.Having seen this film all i can say is that maybe i am missing something.Compare this for example with "Bringing Up Baby" made at RKO,the same studio that made this,just one year later.It is a bit like comparing "Hercules Unchained" with "Ben Hur".