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1936 · 98 mins · English
Directed by
Jack Conway
Starring
George Davis, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Walter Connolly, Robert Adair, Hattie McDaniel

After a leading newspaper brands socialite Connie Allenbury a home‑wrecker, she counters with a multi‑million‑dollar libel suit. Frazzled editor Warren Haggerty scrambles to reverse the tide, enlisting his anxious fiancée Gladys Benton and suave friend Bill Chandler in a plot to tarnish Connie’s reputation. Their scheming spirals into a series of humorous and unforeseen twists.

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