I Love You Again (1940)

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Writers:

Leon Gordon (original story) and
Maurine Dallas Watkins (original story) ...
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Release Date:

9 August 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

It's one, long, loud l-a-u-g-h!

Plot:

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Plot Keywords:

Hometown | Amnesia | Teetotaler | Cruise | Businessman

Cast

William Powell	...	Larry Wilson aka George Carey
Myrna Loy	...	Kay Wilson
Frank McHugh	...	'Doc' Ryan
Edmund Lowe	...	Duke Sheldon
Donald Douglas	...	Herbert
Nella Walker	...	Kay's Mother
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer	...	Harkspur Jr.
Pierre Watkin	...	Mr. Sims
Paul Stanton	...	Mr. Littlejohn Sr.
Morgan Wallace	...	Mr. Belenson
Charles Arnt	...	Billings
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hooper Atchley	...	Man Greeting Wilson Saying 'Look Chief' (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey	...	First Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford	...	Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard	...	Watchman (uncredited)
Gladys Blake	...	Salesgirl (uncredited)
Robert Blake	...	Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs	...	Mayor Carver (uncredited)
Hal Cooke	...	Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited)
Nell Craig	...	Kay's Maid (uncredited)
Mary Currier	...	Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Jack Daley	...	Band Leader (uncredited)
Dix Davis	...	Cpl. Belenson (uncredited)
John Dilson	...	Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Mr. Watkins - Man in Bar on Ship (uncredited)
Dick Elliott	...	Range Leader (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Woman in Lingerie Department (uncredited)
Charles Halton	...	Mr. Leonard Harkspur Sr. (uncredited)
Harry Hayden	...	Mr. Wayne - Man in Bar on Ship (uncredited)
Edward Hearn	...	Observer of Man Overboard (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt	...	Mr. Hines - Floorwalker (uncredited)
Hazel Keener	...	Mrs. Lederer (uncredited)
Harry Lash	...	Shop Steward (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis	...	Sailor Yelling 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
George Lloyd	...	Joe - Police Sergeant (uncredited)
George Lollier	...	Police Photographer (uncredited)
Leni Lynn	...	Maurine (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell	...	Ranger Leader (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall	...	Worker Saying 'Seventy Hours . . .' (uncredited)
Bea Nigro	...	Mrs. Kurnitz (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Paul Parry	...	Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited)
Sally Payne	...	Salesgirl (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.	...	Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
Claire Rochelle	...	Salesgirl Selling Lingerie (uncredited)
Warren Rock	...	Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited)
Harry Strang	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
William Tannen	...	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Watchman (uncredited)
Ted Thompson	...	Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim	...	Malavinksy - Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)

Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke		(as W.S. Van Dyke II)

Writing credits
Leon Gordon		(original story) and
Maurine Dallas Watkins		(original story) (as Maurine Watkins)
Octavus Roy Cohen		(based on the novel by)
Charles Lederer		(screen play) &
George Oppenheimer		(screen play) and
Harry Kurnitz		(screen play)

Produced by
Lawrence Weingarten	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Franz Waxman		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Oliver T. Marsh		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Gene Ruggiero		(film editor)

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis		(set decorations)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hugh Boswell	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Daniel B. Cathcart	....	associate art director

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Franz Waxman	....	musical director
George Bassman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Ruby Ray	....	imitator: bird calls (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (produced by: Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1940) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) (France) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Teakwood Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Turner Entertainment  package design (1993 & 2007 releases)
• Turner Entertainment  supplementary material (2007 release)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #6390) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 17, 1944 with William Powell reprising his film role.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Larry Wilson first returns to Habersville by train and pulls into the station, a sign in the background is reversed indicating the film was reversed.

Quotes:

Kay Wilson:Ever since you got off that boat you've been chasing me like an amorous goat. You've tried your darnedest to make me fall in love with you and now you have. So from now on I'm going to do the chasing, and believe me, brother, you're going to know you've been chased.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV)

Soundtrack:

For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

Secret Sharer

William Powell plays both George Carey and Larry Wilson, and Myrna Loy is his wife Kay in this wonderful, deft, entertaining screwball comedy directed by Woody Van Dyke III...."Hey, this is kinda funny. We're not talking about you but a lug named Wilson, and you're both fellas." The words are those of Doc Ryan, George Carey's pal. George, you see, has had amnesia for nine years, and during that time he became Larry Wilson, a pompous businessman....Enter Larry's charming wife Kay. George learns that Kay is eager to divorce Larry because of his miserable, suffocatingly materialistic ways; and when meets Kay, whom he has forgotten, he falls for her and sets out to reclaim her love....The film's defining moment surprises us with its tenderness. Standing in contrast to the film's madcap goings-on, it takes place when George escorts Kay, who thinks he's Larry, to the spot where years before he proposed to her as Larry. The scene precisely captures the distinctive and wonderful chemistry between Powell and Loy, who went on to make ten more pictures together....Like his two most famous characters (Godfrey of MY MAN GODFREY and Nick Charles of THE THIN MAN), Powell's George Carey emerges as a humane individual with the common touch. In fact, he becomes a hero, saving the townsfolk of quaint Haversville from a criminal scam perpetuated by a big city gangster named Duke Sheldon.