You Can't Beat Love

1937
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1h 2min

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Joan Fontaine and Preston Foster in You Can't Beat Love (1937)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueNever one to turn down a dare, wealthy but eccentric lawyer Jimmy Hughes takes his faithful butler Jasper and gets a job digging ditches to fulfill a bet he made with two reporters. In his n... Tout lireNever one to turn down a dare, wealthy but eccentric lawyer Jimmy Hughes takes his faithful butler Jasper and gets a job digging ditches to fulfill a bet he made with two reporters. In his new job he meets Trudy Olson, the daughter of the city's mayor, who is running for re-elect... Tout lireNever one to turn down a dare, wealthy but eccentric lawyer Jimmy Hughes takes his faithful butler Jasper and gets a job digging ditches to fulfill a bet he made with two reporters. In his new job he meets Trudy Olson, the daughter of the city's mayor, who is running for re-election. A misunderstanding with Trudy results in Jimmy announcing his intention to run agains... Tout lire

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film code fluff

Ahh.. the peaceful years just before world war two. Preston foster and joan fontaine. When attorney hughes takes a dare to get a hard, blue collar job, he gets more than he bargained for. And drags his butler along. Now he's running for mayor, and the current mayor doesn't like it, so it's war! Pretty silly. There are two characters that are clearly doing mae west and w.c. Fields impersonations.... the girl's name is even may smith. What have they gotten into?? It's a fun, wacky 62 minutes. Directed by christy cabanne... had started in the wee early days of silents, directed right on up to 1948. Story by olga moore. Really silly story line, but it's all in good fun.

5jotix100

Election Day

The only reason for watching this film was the allure of watching Joan Fontaine in her third picture. RKO obviously had no clue what to do with this budding young talent. Pairing her with the dashing Preston Foster didn't get the intended results.

In fact, the film, as directed by Christy Cabanne doesn't hold the viewer's attention. The plot doesn't make too much sense, as it appears to have been done as a B movie to fill a double bill, so popular at the time.

The best thing in the movie are some of the supporting cast members. Herbert Mundin makes the best impression as the faithful valet. Alan Bruce, William Brisbane, and Paul Guilfoyle are seen in minor roles.

As far as Joan Fontaine, one wouldn't have guessed how far she would go judging for her participation in the film.

Watch it as a curiosity.

5malcolmgsw

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".

3wes-connors

Don't Even Try

Playboy lawyer Preston Foster (as Jimmy Hughes) is reluctantly recruited to run against an incumbent mayor, while romancing his daughter, pretty blonde Joan Fontaine (as Trudy Olson). The campaign leads to the uncovering of a gang of racketeering gamblers in the city, with both mayoral candidates, and the city police chief, becoming suspects. "You Can't Beat Love" is a competent, but routine little piece of fluff, which looks to have benefited few of those involved. There are a few likable moments. Thankfully, it was as forgettable as it was routine.

*** You Can't Beat Love (1937) Christy Cabanne ~ Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin

5SnoopyStyle

early Joan Fontaine

Jimmy Hughes (Preston Foster) is a fun-loving gentleman who will accept any dare. Jasper (Herbert Mundin) is his butler and sidekick. While digging a ditch in a tuxedo for a dare, a campaign bus with the mayor's daughter Trudy Olson (Joan Fontaine) rolls up. It's immediate love-hate at first sight.

This is an early film for Joan Fontaine. She and Foster have a bit of chemistry but they don't have enough time together. The better plot is for them to somehow join forces to uncover this corruption. The ice scene is fun but there isn't enough of them.

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When Butch Mehaffey is with Bubbles Smith in her apartment, a photographer bursts in and takes a photo of them embracing. But when the photographer delivers the photo to Police Cheif Brennan; the photo is a different pose than the one taken in the apartment.