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* ComedyOfRemarriage: Steve goes to all sorts of wacky madcap extremes to save his marriage to Susan.
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* DivorceIsTemporary: Steve goes to all sorts of wacky madcap extremes to save his marriage to Susan.
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Creator/ElishaCookJr has a small role as the elevator operator.
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* AsYouKnow: Mrs. Cooper identifies herself to the audience by giving Steve the ugly rug and saying "Best love from mother-in-law."
* BuffySpeak: Susan describes Ward Willoughby as a champion "bow-and-arrower".
* ChekhovsGunman: Steve's insanity act at the party impresses a FunnyForeigner. The funny foreigner is later revealed to be one Dr. Klugle--the psychiatrist who is head of the "Lunacy Board" that will determine if Steve needs to be institutionalized.
* BuffySpeak: Susan describes Ward Willoughby as a champion "bow-and-arrower".
* ChekhovsGunman: Steve's insanity act at the party impresses a FunnyForeigner. The funny foreigner is later revealed to be one Dr. Klugle--the psychiatrist who is head of the "Lunacy Board" that will determine if Steve needs to be institutionalized.
* DiagonalBilling: How Powell and Loy are presented in the opening titles; this was one of the first movies ever made to use this trope.
* DisguisedInDrag: Having escaped from the insane asylum, and being hunted by the police, Steve dons women's clothing and claims to be his own sister. He shaves off his mustache in the process, marking the only time in William Powell's 30-year movie career where he appeared without it.
* ElevatorFailure: Steve gets trapped in an elevator with Isobel (and the elevator operator, played by Elisha Cook Jr.). It's an extended comedy sequence in itself as Steve gets his head stuck in the elevator door and Isobel has to clamber up over him to get out, but it's part of the whole breakup as Steve's succession of white lies winds up convincing Susan that he cheated on her.
* DisguisedInDrag: Having escaped from the insane asylum, and being hunted by the police, Steve dons women's clothing and claims to be his own sister. He shaves off his mustache in the process, marking the only time in William Powell's 30-year movie career where he appeared without it.
* ElevatorFailure: Steve gets trapped in an elevator with Isobel (and the elevator operator, played by Elisha Cook Jr.). It's an extended comedy sequence in itself as Steve gets his head stuck in the elevator door and Isobel has to clamber up over him to get out, but it's part of the whole breakup as Steve's succession of white lies winds up convincing Susan that he cheated on her.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Steve gets more than he bargained for when his ruse of feigning madness, meant to stall the divorce, gets him chucked in an insane asylum.
* HappilyMarried: Absurdly so, as Steve and Susan are the picture of wedded bliss along with a thriving sex life, which makes it surprising when they are broken up so rapidly.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Steve accidentally makes his crazy act more convincing when, while clad only in a sheet, he tries to retrieve his watch (a bird flew away with it), and falls out of a tree, losing the sheet in the process.
* HappilyMarried: Absurdly so, as Steve and Susan are the picture of wedded bliss along with a thriving sex life, which makes it surprising when they are broken up so rapidly.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Steve accidentally makes his crazy act more convincing when, while clad only in a sheet, he tries to retrieve his watch (a bird flew away with it), and falls out of a tree, losing the sheet in the process.
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* SleepingSingle: Like most movie couples of the era Steve and Isobel sleep in separate beds. It's particularly noticeable here as the whole opening sequence has Steve quite obviously trying to get rid of everyone in the house so he can have sex with his wife.
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* OperationJealousy: Susan sets out to kiss Isobel's husband to make Steve jealous, but winds up going to the wrong apartment and meeting Ward Willoughby.
* RomanticFalseLead: Ward Willoughby, present to be an obstacle to the reunion of Steve and Susan.
* RomComJob: Steve's an architect.
* ScrewballComedy: Wacky humor based on comic misunderstandings, as Steve blunders into a divorce suit and then has to scramble to win his wife back.
* SleepingSingle: Like most movie couples of the era Steve and Isobel sleep in separate beds. It's particularly noticeable here as the whole opening sequence has Steve quite obviously trying to get rid of everyone in the house so he can have sex with hiswife.wife.
* UncleTomfoolery: Some racist even for 1941 humor as Steve starts pretending he's Abraham Lincoln, and the black man behind the hat check counter believes him.
* RomanticFalseLead: Ward Willoughby, present to be an obstacle to the reunion of Steve and Susan.
* RomComJob: Steve's an architect.
* ScrewballComedy: Wacky humor based on comic misunderstandings, as Steve blunders into a divorce suit and then has to scramble to win his wife back.
* SleepingSingle: Like most movie couples of the era Steve and Isobel sleep in separate beds. It's particularly noticeable here as the whole opening sequence has Steve quite obviously trying to get rid of everyone in the house so he can have sex with his
* UncleTomfoolery: Some racist even for 1941 humor as Steve starts pretending he's Abraham Lincoln, and the black man behind the hat check counter believes him.
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''Love Crazy'' is a 1941 film directed by Jack Conway, starring the most famous ThoseTwoActors pair of all time, Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/MyrnaLoy.
Powell and Loy are Steve and Susan Ireland, a married couple who are celebrating their fourth anniversary. They are happily married to an absurd degree, with the only fly in the ointment being Susan's annoying mother, Mrs. Cooper, who hates Steve.
Naturally, they break up. A series of comic misunderstandings on their anniversary, mostly dealing with the presence of Steve's old girlfriend Isobel (Gail Patrick), now their new neighbor, lead to Susan walking out. She takes up with another neighbor, champion archer Ward Willoughby (Jack Carson), while waiting out the necessary period to get a divorce. Steve is helpless to prevent the divorce, until his lawyer reminds him of one legal loophole: a spouse judged to be insane cannot be party to a divorce. Comic hijinx ensue as Steve sets out to convince the world that he is crazy in order to hold on to Susan.
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* ComedyOfRemarriage: Steve goes to all sorts of wacky madcap extremes to save his marriage to Susan.
* {{Fanservice}}: An extended sequence in the Ireland home where Susan is wearing nothing but a snugly fitting nightie.
* NoNameGiven: Susan's awful mother is never named, even "Mrs. Cooper" comes only from the credits.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Mrs. Cooper, the worst sort of meddling nosy mother who belittles Steve constantly while giving him awful gifts (the ugly throw rug she delivers in the opening scenes proves important) and generally getting in the way of Steve's relationship with his wife. When the opportunity pops up she is only too eager to force Steve and Susan apart.
* OldFlame: Steve's old girlfriend Isobel, who is now married (she appears to be a TrophyWife) and is one floor below in the apartment building. She is only too eager to start things back up again with Steve despite both of them being married to others.
* SleepingSingle: Like most movie couples of the era Steve and Isobel sleep in separate beds. It's particularly noticeable here as the whole opening sequence has Steve quite obviously trying to get rid of everyone in the house so he can have sex with his wife.
Powell and Loy are Steve and Susan Ireland, a married couple who are celebrating their fourth anniversary. They are happily married to an absurd degree, with the only fly in the ointment being Susan's annoying mother, Mrs. Cooper, who hates Steve.
Naturally, they break up. A series of comic misunderstandings on their anniversary, mostly dealing with the presence of Steve's old girlfriend Isobel (Gail Patrick), now their new neighbor, lead to Susan walking out. She takes up with another neighbor, champion archer Ward Willoughby (Jack Carson), while waiting out the necessary period to get a divorce. Steve is helpless to prevent the divorce, until his lawyer reminds him of one legal loophole: a spouse judged to be insane cannot be party to a divorce. Comic hijinx ensue as Steve sets out to convince the world that he is crazy in order to hold on to Susan.
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!!Tropes:
* ComedyOfRemarriage: Steve goes to all sorts of wacky madcap extremes to save his marriage to Susan.
* {{Fanservice}}: An extended sequence in the Ireland home where Susan is wearing nothing but a snugly fitting nightie.
* NoNameGiven: Susan's awful mother is never named, even "Mrs. Cooper" comes only from the credits.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Mrs. Cooper, the worst sort of meddling nosy mother who belittles Steve constantly while giving him awful gifts (the ugly throw rug she delivers in the opening scenes proves important) and generally getting in the way of Steve's relationship with his wife. When the opportunity pops up she is only too eager to force Steve and Susan apart.
* OldFlame: Steve's old girlfriend Isobel, who is now married (she appears to be a TrophyWife) and is one floor below in the apartment building. She is only too eager to start things back up again with Steve despite both of them being married to others.
* SleepingSingle: Like most movie couples of the era Steve and Isobel sleep in separate beds. It's particularly noticeable here as the whole opening sequence has Steve quite obviously trying to get rid of everyone in the house so he can have sex with his wife.
