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Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
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12 November 1936 (USA)
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Meet The Gayest Lady Who Ever Went To Town! more
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The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little...
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Great Film from 1936
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Irene Dunne | ... | Theodora Lynn | |
| Melvyn Douglas | ... | Michael Grant | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | Jed Waterbury | |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Arthur Stevenson | |
| Rosalind Keith | ... | Adelaide Perry | |
| Elisabeth Risdon | ... | Aunt Mary Linn | |
| Margaret McWade | ... | Aunt Elsie Linn | |
| Spring Byington | ... | Rebecca Perry | |
| Nana Bryant | ... | Ethel Stevenson | |
| Henry Kolker | ... | Jonathan Grant | |
| Leona Maricle | ... | Agnes Grant | |
| Robert Greig | ... | Uncle John Lynn | |
| Frederick Burton | ... | Governor Stephen Wyatt |
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94 min
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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Marian Marsh was in a Hollywood Reporter cast list for this movie, but she did not appear.
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Theodora Lynn:
[as Caroline Adams] I have this to say to the modern young girls, gentlemen - Be free, express yourselves! Take your life in your own hands and mold it. The world will try to rob you of your freedom, but fight for it! It's all you have to live for! That's all for the modern girl.
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Referenced in The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
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Rock of Ages
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This film surprised me with how well produced it was and what a great comedy it turned out to be. Irene Dunne, (Theodora Lynn) played the role of a small town gal living in Lynnfield where everyone was very religious and lived life straight as an arrow. One day the newspaper man in Lynnfield, Jed Waterbury, (Thomas Mitchell) posted a notice of a new book that he was going to feature in his daily newspaper called, "Sinner" by Adams. The people in town were outraged, however, they liked reading the articles in the paper and soon the people decided to tell Jed Waterbury to remove the book and the feature in his paper. It just so happens that the author of this book comes from Lynnfield and no one would ever expect just who it could be. Melvyn Douglas plays the role as Michael Grant who is linked romantically with Theodora and he gave a great supporting role. This is lots of fun to watch and enjoy this great classic from 1936.