It’s Love I’m After

Alternative title: Gentlemen After Midnight
Synopsis: Screwball comedy. Actors Basil Underwood (Howard) and Joyce Arden (Bette Davis) have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant’s fiancée Macia is infatuated with Basil. At Henry’s request Basil acts boorishly so as to kill the infatuation, but the ruse fails and Marcia breaks her engagement with Henry. With Marcia about to announce her intentions to Basil, Joyce shows her pictures of children, apparently Basil’s. Marcia goes back to Henry and Joyce decides she’d better tie Basil down soon. The film begins with a production of Romeo and Juliet played by Basil and Joyce while hissing insults at each other. There are other Shakespeare quotations in the film including Basil reciting the ‘Seven ages of man’ speech from As You like It.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1937
Duration: 87 mins

Director

Archie L. Mayo

Cinematographer

Casey Robinson; James van Trees

Writer

Music

Costume

Contributor

Cast

British Universities Film & Video Council