Storyline
So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.), is tired of being considered a wimp. After business hours, Jerry secretly takes boxing lessons, enabling him to knock the stuffings out of his burly rival Spike Mullins (Johnnie Walker). Jerry's newfound pugilistic skills wins him the affections of store clerk Hilda Jensen (Shirley Mason), who's just car-razy about "cave men." Filmed in a fast three weeks, So This is Love? was completed before Frank Capra's Matinee Idol but released afterward. Leading lady Shirley Mason was the sister of Viola Dana, who starred in Capra's initial Columbia effort, That Certain Thing.
Cast & Crew
Shirley Mason
Hilda Jenson
Lead
William Collier Jr.
Jerry McGuire
Johnnie Walker
Spike Mullins
Ernie Adams
Flash Tracy
Carl Gerard
Otto
William H. Strauss
Maison Katz
Jean Laverty
Mary Malone
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Capra's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. So This Is Love is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
