William Powell and Myrna Loy may be my absolute favorite pairing of actors. Everything they did absolutely sparkles.Larry Wilson (William Powell) is a pillar of the community in his small town of Haversfield, Pennsylvania. He is a chair of the Rotary Club, Elks Lodge, Community Chest, and many others as well as General Manager of a pottery company. He is boring, parsimonious, and respectable to a fault. Then Larry gets hit on the head and remembers that he is actually a con man named George Carey. He decides to pull a job on the upright citizens of Haversfield by convincing them that there is a hitherto undiscovered oil deposit. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wilson (Myrna Loy), is reconsidering her divorce proceedings now that Larry isn's such a stuffed-shirt.
Honestly, if you see the names William Powell or Myrna Loy anywhere in a film's credits, you know you'll be getting quality work. These two had such amazing chemistry together on-screen. Give them a shot and see if they don't charm you near to death.
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