Married Before Breakfast (1937)

Director:

Edwin L. Marin

Writers:

Harry Ruskin (story)
George Oppenheimer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 June 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Valet | Gangster | Travel Agent | Judge | Inventor

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Robert Young	...	Tom Wakefield
Florence Rice	...	Kitty Brent
June Clayworth	...	June Baylin
Barnett Parker	...	'Senior' Tweed
Warren Hymer	...	Gangster
Helen Flint	...	Miss Fleeter
Irene Franklin	...	Mrs. May Baglipp
Hugh Marlowe	...	Kenneth
Tom Kennedy	...	Mr. Leo Baglipp
Edgar Dearing	...	Police Sergeant

Also Known As:

Married by Noon

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #3445) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Paul Stanton (Mr. Dow), Douglas Wood (Mr. Camden), Si Jenks (Janitor), Mahlon Hamilton (Johnson, the Butler), Luke Cosgrave (Peddler), Dorothy Vaughan (Mary, the Cook), Dennis O'Keefe (Salesman) and Billy Mahan (Boy).

Soundtrack:

Frühlingslied (Spring Song) Op.62 #6

"An Night in the Life..."

MARRIED BEFORE BREAKFAST is about one night. Recently rich Tom Wakefield (Robert Young) embarks on an adventure with Kitty Brent (Florence Rice); you see, he has to convince a stubborn milkman to purchase an insurance policy from Kitty's fiancé, Kenneth (Hugh Marlowe). If the milkman purchases the policy, he will be promoted, and he and Kitty can be married.

In order to go on this adventure, Tom must leave his own fiancée in the lurch for a while.

The movie is the night and the adventure. You want Tom and Kitty, both engaged to someone else, to hook up and… I won't give away the ending. But the adventure – with cops, cabbies, gangsters, firemen, and milkmen – is a delight.