Second Honeymoon on Comedy, Tyrone Power, Loretta Young

“Second Honeymoon” is a fluffy comedy which probably had its genesis in “Private Lives.” It concerns a beautiful divorcée (Loretta Young) who, upon marrying her second husband (Lyle Talbot) runs into her first (Tyrone Power). Everyone is rich, magnificently dressed, and does a lot of traveling in the spirit of Hollywood escapism during the Depression. This movie is talky and doesn’t have the energy or enough of the humor of “Cafe Metropole,” another early Power-Young film. Even with an 85 minute or thereabouts running time, it felt long. There are some very good performances. Stuart Erwin plays Power’s valet, and he has an interesting characterization. Claire Trevor is delightful in a supporting role, and Marjorie Weaver brings liveliness to the part of Joy. Young is absolutely fabulous looking and is appropriately jealous and angry when the script calls for it. Power is absurdly handsome, just stunning, and alas, doesn’t have too much to do. It’s an extremely lightweight role. It’s probably just as well. It was difficult to do anything but ogle when he was on screen in this one.

In 5 minutes, you will fall in love with Marjorie Weaver

Although she did not receive top billing, Marjorie Weaver is the superstar of this movie. Near the beginning of the movie, a group of people are at a fancy nightclub in Miami, (Remember, this is before the collapse of most big cities.) They are a little annoyed because Tyrone Power is running late, he does show up, and with him is his new date, Marjorie Weaver! All the other women at the table are dressed in fancy evening gowns, Marjorie however has on a simple, but nice dress. Introductions are made and it becomes clear than Marjorie is NOT in their class. Marjorie only has a high school education and speaks with an adorable Kentucky accent. (She was actually born in Kentucky and that's how she really talks.) What's unique about her in this setting is not only is she much prettier than the "big" stars, but her homespun, unpretentious, honest attitude makes all of the men desirous of her, and the women turn green with jealousy. Marjorie, (Joy) openly admits that she thought that she would never get to go to "such a nice place" and see so many nice people. Not too different from the real Marjorie Weaver. Tyrone drives Marjorie home, during the drive Tyrone stops the car and says "I'm not married, and I'm not getting fresh, but may I kiss you?" Marjorie replies enthusiastically, Yes! After the kiss she asked why did you want to kiss me? Tyrone replies "I just wanted to kiss ONE honest woman." The rest of the movie is entertaining as well. I just wanted to describe my favorite scene. One of my favorite movies with Marjorie Weaver is "I'll give a million".