Love On The Run (1936)

Set in pre WWII Europe. When an American heiress (Joan Crawford) jilts her bridegroom (Ivan Lebedeff) at the altar, a reporter (Clark Gable) attaches himself to her in order to scoop all the other newspapers. Meanwhile, the reporter's helpless rival (Franchot Tone) tries to get in on the scoop. Based on the short story BEAUTY AND THE BEAT by Alan Green and Julian Brodie and directed by W. S. Van Dyke (THE THIN MAN). A derivative screwball comedy that starts off promisingly but soon fizzles out before it can get going. Crawford and Gable are at their most appealing but they can't do much with the silly screenplay. As if the romantic lovers on the run wasn't enough for the plot, the script has a mindless subplot about two spies (Reginald Owen, Mona Barrie) after a map that Crawford and Gable accidentally discover. Still, audiences lapped it up and it was a hit. With William Demarest and Donald Meek.