Love on the Run (1936 film)

Love on the Run
Original theatrical poster
Directed byW.S. Van Dyke
Screenplay byJohn Lee Mahin
Manuel Seff
Gladys Hurlbut
Based onBeauty and the Beat
1936 story in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan
by Alan Green
Julian Brodie
Produced byJoseph L. Mankiewicz
StarringJoan Crawford
Clark Gable
Franchot Tone
Reginald Owen
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byFrank Sullivan
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • November 20, 1936 (1936-11-20)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$578,000
Box office$1.8 million

Love on the Run is a 1936 American romantic comedy film, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and Reginald Owen in a story about rival newspaper correspondents assigned to cover the marriage of a socialite. The screenplay by John Lee Mahin, Manuel Seff and Gladys Hurlbut was based on a story by Alan Green and Julian Brodie. Love on the Run is the seventh of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable. At the time of its release, Love on the Run was called "a lot of happy nonsense" by critics, but was a huge financial success, nonetheless.