Immaculate, unheralded comic masterpiece, with Bill Powell’s effortless tour-de-force as teetotal pillar of the community Larry “Grape Juice” Wilson, who gets a whack on the head and reverts to his old self – charming conman, George Carey. He heads home to raid the savings, only to fall in love with his own wife (Myrna Loy, naturally), who’s busy divorcing him.

Frank McHugh is hilarious as the phony medic along for the ride. Ingenious script by Charles Lederer, Harry Kurnitz and George Oppenheimer, whose hand seems most apparent. There’s the odd rough edge from Woody Van Dyke’s obsessive, breakneck one-take approach, but he certainly knew how to film comedy, especially with a script and cast as good as this one.

Move over Kay Francis. Powell really has the best chemistry with Loy. I like Loy's cool demeanour a lot. Had fun with this comedy, even though the plot is silly and it loses steam in the second half and the scouting scene is way too long. McHugh gives good support as Powell's sidekick without being annoying, and overall this was a very enjoyable watch for a lazy afternoon.

Myrna Loy and William Powell made marriage fun in the movies, so it's strange in this odd detour from their Thin Man films (which also has the same director, W. S. Van Dyke) to see them unhappy together. The story starts with them on the verge of a divorce. Of course, Powell's character hasn't been himself since he suffered a blow on the head almost a decade earlier. Amnesia plots tend to be far fetched, and this doesn't even try to be convincing. But it quickly commits to its silly set up and lets the comedy happen. Loy and Powell's easy going charisma papers over most of the plot holes and character inconsistancies (a lot of people act extraordinarily dumb, even for a comedy). The film tends to follow Powell's character, and Powell is given more crude slapstick to have fun with than in his usual urban sophisticate guise.

Can't go wrong with a William Powell & Myrna Loy outing. I Love You Again (1940) is not exactly of Thin Man quality, but I warmed up for Powell's goofy persona in this movie. Not quite sure about the story. There they could worked out a better scenario, but energetic performances make this a crazy conman story come alive. That and Myrna Loy of course.

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D: W. S. Van Dyke II. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas, Nella Walker. Hilarious story of amnesiac Powell—solid citizen in a small town—reverting to former life as con man, but trying to forestall divorce proceedings by “his” wife (Loy). Ingenious script by Charles Lederer, George Oppenheimer, and Harry Kurnitz.

William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Frank McHugh directed by One-Take Woody in a ridiculous screwball amnesia plot. An old favorite.

Also, Myrna Loy's bow.

Everything I know about wit I learned from Myrna.

We’re too humorless to make movies about amnesia these days

There's a moment here when William Powell smoothly removes a few ice cubes from the cold compress resting on his head and drops them in a fresh glass of scotch and anyway I'm gay now.

Immaculate, unheralded comic masterpiece, with Bill Powell’s effortless tour-de-force as teetotal pillar of the community Larry “Grape Juice” Wilson, who gets a whack on the head and reverts to his old self – charming conman, George Carey. He heads home to raid the savings, only to fall in love with his own wife (Myrna Loy, naturally), who’s busy divorcing him.

Frank McHugh is hilarious as the phony medic along for the ride. Ingenious script by Charles Lederer, Harry Kurnitz and George Oppenheimer, whose hand seems most apparent. There’s the odd rough edge from Woody Van Dyke’s obsessive, breakneck one-take approach, but he certainly knew how to film comedy, especially with a script and cast as good as this one.

My word, these 2 are just magic together!