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...melee of newspaper films which has flooded the motion picture industry comes at last some really excellent entertainment. "Love is News" featuring Loretta Young and Tyronne Power provides amusement galore for a not too critical audience. Although the plot of the film is weak, good acting and sparkling humor soon overcome this drawback. Loretta Young plays the part of an heiress who decides to throw some of the publicity which has been hounding her over to Tyronne Power, a clever and particularly offending reporter. With this as its basis, the picture proceeds to develop to a high level of comedy...
...girlish and discussed men: Frenchmen were too short, but nice to be gay with; Germans were rough but make good husbands; Englishmen are stiff and cold; Americans are rich-but oh, so very young! Yet how good it would be to meet some men, no matter from where. "Come, Loretta. you are nearest, shall we commence with this innocent-looking boy?". But enough of this...
...however, and is packed with so many amusing episodes that the frailty of the plot can well be overlooked. It is obviously not a film for the intelligentsia, for the comedy at best is somewhat rough and often slapstick, but the enthusiasm of Tyrone Power, Jr., Don Ameche and Loretta Young make it a film well worth seeing...
This pair go through their routine of scoops, whiskey, and socks on the jaw with refreshing relish. Loretta Young, as a young heiress who announces her engagement to the reporter in order to turn the heat of publicity on him for a change, is excellent. Slim Summerville supplies added amusement in his role of a country judge, the doors of whose cell block are constantly falling from their hinges...
Added incentives are the writing of passing spring fancies in the Vagabond, sneers at Loretta Young in the Moviegoer, reviews of the latest books, hot off the presses, in the Bookshelf, and informal examinations of college in the Crime, as well as other special features. Altogether, for training in critical investigation and varied writing the editorial board offers unparalleled opportunities...