It's Love I'm After



It's Love I'm After is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Archie Mayo. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the story Gentlemen After Midnight by Maurice Hanline. The film was the third on-screen pairing of Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, following Of Human Bondage and The Petrified Forest.

Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden are an egotistical acting team known for their romantic scenes on stage and fiery temperaments off. Although they deeply love each other, their frequent spats over the years have kept them from tying the knot. Comic complications ensue when Basil attempts to diminish the ardor of star-struck heiress Marcia West by seducing her and Marcia proves to be all-too-willing to submit to his charms.

The film's script allows Howard to draw on his classical background by quoting lines from Macbeth, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, and Romeo and Juliet.

The film was adapted into a musical comedy, Madly in Love.

Cast
Leslie Howard ..... Basil Underwood

Bette Davis ..... Joyce Arden

Olivia de Havilland ..... Marcia West

Eric Blore ..... Digges

Patric Knowles ..... Henry Grant, Jr.

George Barbier ..... William West

Spring Byington ..... Aunt Ella Paisley

Bonita Granville ..... Gracie Kane

Video Release
The film has never been released in any home video format (VHS, Beta or DVD).