Product Details

• Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal, Jessie Ralph
• Directors: Richard Thorpe
• Writers: Ferenc Molnár, Jo Swerling
• Producers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302786991
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,621 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More fun with the dream team from Metro, July 28, 2002

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Simon Davis (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Wedding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Double Wedding", while certainly another in the long line of successes that Willian Powell and Myrna Loy enjoyed in their collaborations together,is a very different type of vechicle for the two and goes a long way to explained why critics at the time were divided about this films general worth.

Those that love the sleek champagne delivery of their "Thin Man" films are in for a bit of a shock here as the duo go in for more slapstick than is usual. The last scenes of the film in particular are very much in the Marx Bros type of humour and can require a bit of an adjustment to those used to the beautiful and subtle interplay normally associated with Powell and Loy.

The story is an original and funny one for the times in which Loy plays Margit Agnew a businesswoman extraodinare and a very domineering head of a wealthy family whos lives she plots out for them as though they were pieces on a chess board. The main object of her attention is her younger sister Irene played by beautiful actress Florence Rice. Margit is intent upon marrying off her younger sister...

While the film is certainly not up to the usual standard of Powell & Loy vechicles it is still a very funny hour and a half with many quirky situations and characters. The wonderful Jessie Ralph who appeared in a couple of other Powell/Loy films is hilarious as Mrs. Kensington-Bly the shadow owner of the Boutique Margit runs. All she wants is for the business to run at a loss so that she can write it off on her tax however Margit, with her no nonsense business sense turns it into a big success! Ralph's character also has a quirky relationship with Powell's character and the interplay between th etwo is a joy to behold, in particular when they are sending up Margit and her proper airs and graces.

As in all Powell/Loy vechicles its William Powell who really steals the show lock, stock and barrell... while a long way from his beloved Nick Charles persona, is a character perfectly suited to his talents and he makes the most of the crazy proceedings. Myrna Loy while noticeably not so comfortable in this slap stick role still gives the role of the stuffy Margit all her worth...

"Double Wedding" may not be most peoples favourite Powell & Loy film outing but it still is good well polished entertainment done with great expertise both in front of and behind the cameras. As always the legendary MGM attention to detail in all their productions shines through and helps make this film a sparkling piece of comedy while not a great one. All lovers of Powell and Loy enjoy.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked them in any of The Thin Man movies....., September 29, 2001

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Clarabelle 1962 (Kingman, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Wedding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Powell plays a wacky artist who falls for Loy, who is a repressed control freak at first. Situations happen that end up putting the two together, as they should be. Jessie Ralph as the "angel" of Loy's dress shop is a killer. Definitely not for the "politically correct" group, as there are certain "off color" phrases. All in all, a really wonderful movie

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much more bizrre than the Thin Man...., April 25, 2002

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David Fiore (montreal, quebec) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Wedding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Powell and Loy are amazing in this movie, which really departs from their usual formula... He is [an] artist who has a gong set up in his mobile home for receiving b-b-gun messages from the bar across the lot (when Loy touches the gong, he yelps "You musn't!"), and she is an uptight entrepreneur. The two opposites are forced to work together (forced? well, they decide to, but the logic which impels them to do so is cloudy to say the least!) in order to make sure that Loy's younger sister marries a nice young dolt played by John Beal. The predictable result is attained in unbelievably unpredictable ways...