Love Is a Headache

1938
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1h 13m

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Gladys George and Franchot Tone in Love Is a Headache (1938)

Romantic Comedy Screwball Comedy Comedy Romance

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans.A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans.A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans.

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6.1/10

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Although a Hollywood Reporter news item on November 13, 1937 noted that actor Mickey Rooney's appearance in this film was his 42nd in 20 months, Rooney had actually appeared in about 15 films during that period.

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Betty Bartholomew: [barging into his office, holding a newspaper] Listen to me, Peter Lawrence. Did you write this?
Peter Lawrence: If it's in my column, I guess I did.
Betty Bartholomew: Well, you oughta be assumed of yourself, saying I don't support my mother and that she had to go the poorhouse.
Peter Lawrence: Well, she did, didn't she?
Betty Bartholomew: Well, yes. But she likes it there.
Peter Lawrence: Look, I'm, awful busy now. But I'll put an item in tomorrow's column that'll be practically a retraction. Be a swell plug for you, too.
Betty Bartholomew: [dubious] Yeah, let's hear it.
Peter Lawrence: OK.
Peter Lawrence: [addressing his assistant] Mary, get this: Miss Betty Bartholomew of the nightclub Bartholomews, gave up one whole morning last week taking her mother to the poorhouse in her new 12 cylinder car.
Betty Bartholomew: [just before exiting] Ah, that's sweet, Pete. Thanks a lot. Drop up and have a drink sometime, will ya?

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Better than aspirin

In the late 1930s, MGM turned out some high-concept programmers that are fun to watch. None of these, to my knowledge, cause migraines-- just fits of laughter. Love Is a Headache is one of these charming films.

The story, which is rather simplistic, is about a fading actress (Gladys George) who adopts two street urchins as a publicity stunt. The urchins are portrayed by Mickey Rooney and Virginia Weidler, who convey a realistic and believable sibling relationship. (The studio would re-team Rooney and Weidler in a few other films, notably in an installment of the Andy Hardy series.)

The picture also benefits from the presence of MGM contract player Franchot Tone (who was Mr. Joan Crawford at this time). Tone plays Miss George's love interest and is in all likelihood going to become a daddy to the two urchins. It's nice to see him in more of a 'family'-type comedy.