Eight Girls in a Boat (1934)

In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a baby, and keeps the secret from everyone but her lover, David Perrin, a young medical student. ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Wallace

Writers:

Helmut Brandis (story), Lewis R. Foster (adaptation),

Stars:

Dorothy Wilson, Douglass Montgomery, Kay Johnson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dorothy Wilson	...	Christa Storm
Douglass Montgomery	...	David Perrin
Kay Johnson	...	Hannah
Walter Connolly	...	Storm
Ferike Boros	...	Frau Kruger
James Bush	...	Paul Lang
Barbara Barondess	...	Pickles
Colin Campbell	...	Smallman
Jennifer Gray	...	The Strange One
Ruth Heinaman	...	Goggles
Baby Peggy	...	Hortense (as Peggy Montgomery)
Margaret Marquis	...	Elizabeth
Dorothy Drake	...	The Naughty
Kathleen Fitz	...	The Ritzy
Phyllis Ludwig	...	The Cry-Baby

Storyline

In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a baby, and keeps the secret from everyone but her lover, David Perrin, a young medical student. Having been in the private school most of her life, she can't confide in her father whom she hardly knows and, while he wishes to but can't afford to marry her, David can't get the approval of his father.

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Plot Keywords:

class differences | student teacher relationship | boarding school | teen suicide | student student relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

8 Girls in a Boat

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles R. Rogers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.

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Connections

Referenced in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

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Soundtracks

"This Little Piggie Went to Market"
Lyrics by Sam Coslow
Music by Harold Lewis
Copyright 1933 by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc.

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