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* YourCheatingHeart: Poor Lord Mere seems to sincerely love his wife despite her spotted history and ongoing infidelities.
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* IceQueen: Leslie plays this up whenever she's with Logan.
-->'''Logan''': I adore you. Do you love me?
-->'''Leslie''': I ''like'' you.
-->'''Logan''': Is that ''all''?
-->'''Leslie''': I'm ''very'' fond of you.
-->'''Logan''': That's not enough.
-->'''Leslie''': I have interest in you.
-->'''Logan''': That's still not enough.
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--> '''Logan''': Modern woman has no loyalty, decency, or justice; no endurance, reticence, or self-control; no affection, fine feelings, or mercy. In short, she is unprincipled, relentless, and exacting; idle, unproductive, and tedious; unimaginative, humorless, and vain; vindictive, undignified, and weak. And the sooner man takes out his whip again, the better for sanity and progress.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Logan is quite embarrassed when he tells Leslie his name, ''Everard''.

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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Logan is quite embarrassed when he tells Leslie his name, name is ''Everard''.



* IdleRich: Both Leslie and Logan are of the upper-echelon of society and probably have too much time on their hands.
* IronicEcho: The speeches Logan makes against the women who cross-examines in court.
* LadykillerInLove: Logan's a player who finds himself in many "adventures" as he puts it, but he falls head over heels for Leslie.

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* IdleRich: Both Leslie and Logan are of the upper-echelon of society and probably have too much time on their hands.
* IronicEcho: The speeches Logan makes against the women who he cross-examines in court.
* LadykillerInLove: Logan's a player [[TheCasanova Casanova-type]] who finds himself in many "adventures" as he puts it, but he falls head over heels for Leslie.Leslie rather easily.
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* IdleRich: Both Leslie and Logan are of the upper-echelon of society and probably have too much time on their hands.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Olivier in Technicolor isn't very hard on the eyes.

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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Olivier in Technicolor isn't very hard on the eyes.
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* MeetCute: Leslie sneaks into Logan's suite and doesn't leave!
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* NerdGlasses: Logan sports these to hide his features when Lord Mere shows up with his servant who believes she saw Lady Mere and her lover together in the hotel.
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* NotAMorningPerson: Logan isn't quite normal until he has his cigarette of the day.

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* NotAMorningPerson: Logan isn't quite normal himself until he has had his first cigarette of the day.
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* MistakenIdentity: Logan thinks Leslie is Lady Mere and, well, Leslie doesn't correct him, so there's a lot of wacky hi-jinks involved.


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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Olivier in Technicolor isn't very hard on the eyes.
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* IronicEcho: The speeches against women.

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* IronicEcho: The speeches Logan makes against women.the women who cross-examines in court.
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* EmbarassingFirstName: Logan is quite embarrassed when he tells Leslie his name, ''Everard''.

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* EmbarassingFirstName: EmbarrassingFirstName: Logan is quite embarrassed when he tells Leslie his name, ''Everard''.
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Trapped in London due to the fog, lawyer Everard Logan (Olivier) grudgingly allows the use of his hotel sitting room by a stranded partygoer, Leslie Steele (Oberon). Charmed by Leslie even after she tricks him into giving up his bedroom and pajamas, Everard becomes infatuated, despite his suspicion that she is married. When Lord Mere engages Everard to file for divorce against his wife, who met a man at the hotel, Everard fears he may be the "other" man.

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Trapped in London due to the fog, lawyer barrister Everard Logan (Olivier) grudgingly allows the use of his hotel sitting room by a stranded partygoer, Leslie Steele (Oberon). Charmed by Leslie even after she tricks him into giving up his bedroom and pajamas, Everard becomes infatuated, despite his suspicion that she is married. When Lord Mere engages Everard to file for divorce against his wife, who met a man at the hotel, Everard fears he may be the "other" man.


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* EmbarassingFirstName: Logan is quite embarrassed when he tells Leslie his name, ''Everard''.
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A 1938 Technicolor film with ScrewballComedy elements starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Merle Oberon.

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A 1938 Technicolor film with ScrewballComedy elements starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Merle Oberon.
Creator/MerleOberon.

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!!Troopes:

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!!Troopes:!!This film shows the following tropes:
* AFoggyDayInLondonTown: The terrible fog sets the plot in motion. Leslie can't leave because of it and that's why she decides to sneak into Logan's room.



* CouldntFindAPen: Leslie leaves a goodbye note in lipstick on the hotel mirror.

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* CouldntFindAPen: Leslie leaves a goodbye note in lipstick on the hotel mirror. She also does this when she leaves his office, leaving her telephone number behind.



* FakeNationality: Leslie is supposedly an American, but Merle Oberon is obviously NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* IronicEcho:
* LadykillerInLove
* NotAMorningPerson
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The romantic lead displays some rather sexist views.
* SmellsSexy: Logan twice smells Leslie's clothes.
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Technically two double beds in one room.

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* FakeNationality: Leslie is supposedly an American, but Merle Oberon is obviously NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent. Same goes for Lady Mere who's supposedly American but sounds very English.
* IronicEcho:
IronicEcho: The speeches against women.
* LadykillerInLove
LadykillerInLove: Logan's a player who finds himself in many "adventures" as he puts it, but he falls head over heels for Leslie.
* NotAMorningPerson
NotAMorningPerson: Logan isn't quite normal until he has his cigarette of the day.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The romantic lead displays some rather sexist views.
views. But in the end (after he marries Leslie), his view of womanhood has been softened.
* SmellsSexy: Leslie slept in Logan's pajamas, and when his associate remarks that they smell nice, Logan twice smells Leslie's clothes.
it himself and quite likes it.
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Technically two double beds in one room. This was a staple of early films due to SleepingSingle.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Poor Lord Mere seems to sincerely love his wife despite her spotted history and ongoing infidelities.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Poor Lord Mere seems to sincerely love his wife despite her spotted history and ongoing infidelities.infidelities.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Technically two double beds in one room.

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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Technically two double beds in one room.room.
* YourCheatingHeart: Poor Lord Mere seems to sincerely love his wife despite her spotted history and ongoing infidelities.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: The romantic lead displays some rather sexist views.

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A 1938 color film with ScrewballComedy elements starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Merle Oberon.

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A 1938 color Technicolor film with ScrewballComedy elements starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Merle Oberon.
Oberon.

Trapped in London due to the fog, lawyer Everard Logan (Olivier) grudgingly allows the use of his hotel sitting room by a stranded partygoer, Leslie Steele (Oberon). Charmed by Leslie even after she tricks him into giving up his bedroom and pajamas, Everard becomes infatuated, despite his suspicion that she is married. When Lord Mere engages Everard to file for divorce against his wife, who met a man at the hotel, Everard fears he may be the "other" man.
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* CouldntFindAPen: Leslie leaves a goodbye note in lipstick on the hotel mirror.
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* DancesAndBalls: The film opens with a [PimpedOutDress fancy dress party] held at a posh hotel.

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* DancesAndBalls: The film opens with a [PimpedOutDress [[PimpedOutDress fancy dress party] party]] held at a posh hotel.
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* DancesAndBalls: The film opens with a [PimpedOutDress fancy dress party] held at a posh hotel.
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* NotAMorningPerson
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* Book-Ends: Logan's rant against women in court is given a more positive spin in the last minute of the film.
* Fake Nationality: Leslie is supposedly an American, but Merle Oberon is obviously NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* Ironic Echo:
* Ladykiller in Love
* Smells Sexy: Logan twice smells Leslie's clothes.
* There Is Only One Bed: Technically two double beds in one room.

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* Book-Ends: BookEnds: Logan's rant against women in court is given a more positive spin in the last minute of the film.
* Fake Nationality: FakeNationality: Leslie is supposedly an American, but Merle Oberon is obviously NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* Ironic Echo:
IronicEcho:
* Ladykiller in Love
LadykillerInLove
* Smells Sexy: SmellsSexy: Logan twice smells Leslie's clothes.
* There Is Only One Bed: ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Technically two double beds in one room.
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A 1938 color film with ScrewballComedy elements starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Merle Oberon.

* Book-Ends: Logan's rant against women in court is given a more positive spin in the last minute of the film.
* Fake Nationality: Leslie is supposedly an American, but Merle Oberon is obviously NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* Ironic Echo:
* Ladykiller in Love
* Smells Sexy: Logan twice smells Leslie's clothes.
* There Is Only One Bed: Technically two double beds in one room.

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