Breakfast for Two (1937)

Texan debutante Valentine Ransome tries to reform a bankrupt playboy.

Director:

Alfred Santell

Writers:

Charles Kaufman (screen play), Paul Yawitz (screen play),

Stars:

Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Valentine Ransome
Herbert Marshall	...	Jonathan Blair
Glenda Farrell	...	Carol Wallace
Eric Blore	...	Butch - Blair's Valet
Donald Meek	...	Justice of the Peace
Etienne Girardot	...	Mr. Meggs
Frank M. Thomas	...	Sam Ransome
Pierre Watkin	...	Gordon Faraday

Storyline

Playboy Jonathan Blair wakes up after a night on the town to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Val is attracted to Jonathan but, finding that his life is aimless and his family shipping company almost bankrupt, she decides to reform him first and marry him later. Aiding her is Jonathan's unctuous butler, Butch; in her way is his fiancée, ditzy actress Carol. Lots of slapstick.

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Plot Keywords:

playboy | actress | texan | bankruptcy | manhattan bridge | 

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Taglines:

More fun than roping wildcats! (original poster)

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 October 1937 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aamiainen kahdelle

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Monte Vandergrift, William Gould and Landers Stevens are listed as cast members by a modern source, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.

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Quotes

Valentine Ransome: Four score and twenty years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Carol Wallace: She knows the Constitution!

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Crazy Credits

Opening credits appear over an open oval window frame, through which we see the stars of the film apparently having a meal. At the end of the opening credits, the top of the open window frame slowing becomes an archway in a house.

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Soundtracks

"Will You?"
(uncredited)
Written by Gene Raymond

User Reviews

great fun

This movie was my first Barbara Stanwyck experience, so I perhaps enjoy it for more sentimental reasons than most. However, it is a terrific screwball comedy. Where else do you get Eric Blore (being his wonderful self), a talking dog, and Barbara Stanwyck wearing a boxing glove? I strongly recommend it to any Stanwyck fan. It is quite humorous and enjoyable. It's a cute little film and one of my all-time favorite comedies.