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Libeled Lady
Libeled Lady is a 1936 screwball comedy film starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan, and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway. This was the fifth of fourteen films in which Powell and Loy were teamed.
"Libeled Lady" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film was remade in 1946 as "Easy to Wed" with Esther Williams, Van Johnson, and Lucille
17,000 extras for the Paris mob scenes alone. This spectacular adaptation of the Dickens classic is still regarded by many as the definitive screen version. Another popular hit was the sophisticated all-star comedy "Libeled Lady" (1936), with the New York Times reviewer commenting on Conway's "agile direction". Conway also directed "Viva Villa!", a hit MGM film starring Wallace Beery that was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Biography Private life.
His first marriage was to silent film actress Viola Barry.