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      That Wonderful Urge

      1949 1h 22m Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 48% 50+ Ratings Audience Score An heiress (Gene Tierney) gets even with a sneaky New York newsman (Tyrone Power) who courts her for a story. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A lukewarm romantic comedy. Rated: B- Aug 15, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D It all gets old really fast. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/07/23 Full Review Tom M Tierney and Power are both great in this well written remake. Great twist ending (spoiler alert!), are they or aren't they really married ? Nice chemistry ... Tierney and Power were both box office gold in the 40's but this may be each's best comedic role. Can't take your eyes off Tierney in any scene she's in. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/13/20 Full Review kevin w Back in the good ole days (which usually refers to the Depression if I understand it correctly) nobody had nothing so it was okay to dream of being rich while simultaneously detesting those who were. Things sure have changed boyo. With that in mind, Tyrone Power reprises his role as the reporter who terrorizes a Kardashian-type heiress ... and then falls for her. The script and the situations are practically identical to the original ("Love Is News") and so the big difference here, besides Ty being 10+ years older (and that counts) is Gene Tierney in the Loretta Young heiress part. She lacks the panache of Young, yes, but Ty and she have some chemistry that sells the production after all. S'okay. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member good romantic drama/comedy Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member That Wonderful Urge is a remake of Love Is News but has definitely lost most if not all of the zip of the original. Gene Tierney looks great and is as charming as the reworked character allows but the whole thing just doesn't work very well. The supporting cast here is also not as good with only the great Lucile Watson being noteworthy and she is criminally underused. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a remake of Love is News (1937). This time his co-star is Gene Tierney rather than Loretta Young. I love the Count de Guyon character that appears in both films. Here it's Reginald Gardiner, while George Sanders has the role in Love is News. In both films Ty proves he was adept at light comedy. Since he was known to be quite the prankster, it's certainly not surprising! Love the scene where he and Gene "reenact" the time Mother Tyler shot the government agent for Gene's socialite friends ("Whoops! We busted our beads!"). Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An heiress (Gene Tierney) gets even with a sneaky New York newsman (Tyrone Power) who courts her for a story.
      Director
      Robert B. Sinclair
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 22m