That Wonderful Urge (1949)
As painful and awkward as it is for audiences to watch an onscreen couple who used to be an offscreen couple, I’m sure it’s infinitely more painful and awkward for the actors themselves. Why do they agree to make the movie? I don’t have the answer, but if you want to watch Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in a movie after his unrequited feelings were squelched during 1946’s The Razor’s Edge, then you can check out That Wonderful Urge. It’s a little sad to see the pain in Ty’s expressions, though.
This is a remake of Love is News, which starred Tyrone Power in the same role. Loretta Young was the female lead, and it’s easy to see Gene patterning herself after her predecessor. This romantic comedy doesn’t really make any sense, but if it sounds cute to you, you can rent it. Ty is a newspaper man who’s written scathing society columns about debutante Gene Tierney. To get her revenge, she spreads it around that she and Ty were secretly married over the weekend when they were thrown together at a ski lodge. How is that getting revenge? It’ll either be disproved immediately, since no marriage license was issued and no one presided, or it’ll make her look like an idiot who’s a terrible judge of character. Ty’s thrown into a tizzy, and for some unexplained reason, he doesn’t think to disprove her claim with a lack of marriage license of justice of the peace witness. Parts of the film are extremely silly and border on screwball comedy, so this isn’t anywhere near my favorite of either of theirs.
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This is a remake of Love is News, which starred Tyrone Power in the same role. Loretta Young was the female lead, and it’s easy to see Gene patterning herself after her predecessor. This romantic comedy doesn’t really make any sense, but if it sounds cute to you, you can rent it. Ty is a newspaper man who’s written scathing society columns about debutante Gene Tierney. To get her revenge, she spreads it around that she and Ty were secretly married over the weekend when they were thrown together at a ski lodge. How is that getting revenge? It’ll either be disproved immediately, since no marriage license was issued and no one presided, or it’ll make her look like an idiot who’s a terrible judge of character. Ty’s thrown into a tizzy, and for some unexplained reason, he doesn’t think to disprove her claim with a lack of marriage license of justice of the peace witness. Parts of the film are extremely silly and border on screwball comedy, so this isn’t anywhere near my favorite of either of theirs.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Tyrone Power movies here!
More Gene Tierney movies here!