Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Mortimer Braus (story)
David Hertz (writer)

Release Date:

2 September 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

THREE TOP STARS TO THRILL YOU! (original ad - all caps)

Plot:

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Publisher | Beautiful Woman | Psychiatrist | Author

Cast

Janet Gaynor	...	Nancy Briggs
Robert Montgomery	...	Malcolm 'Mal' Niles
Franchot Tone	...	Robert 'Bob' Hanson
Guy Kibbee	...	Pa Briggs
Claire Dodd	...	Vivian Herford
Reginald Owen	...	William, the Butler
Cora Witherspoon	...	Mrs. Herford
Emma Dunn	...	Mrs. Briggs
Charley Grapewin	...	Grandpa Briggs
Lester Matthews	...	Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Grady Sutton	...	George Wilkins, Jr.
Mary Forbes	...	Mrs. Hansen
Grant Withers	...	Jack

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

In Sept. 1938, M-G-M distributed this film on a double bill with Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) starring Robert Young, Lew Ayres and Ruth Hussey'. The tag line said "Comedy swings to a new high in these two romantic M-G-M hits!"

Goofs:

Continuity: The scenes at the end when, both sets of parents meet, has Franchot Tone's father alternating from Douglas Wood to Charles Richman from scene to scene.

Quotes:

William, the Butler: Pardon me, sir. There's a young lady crying in your bedroom.
Malcolm 'Mal' Niles: Well, what of it? It's a party, isn't it?

Very funny film starring consummate performers

Janet Gaynor is a country bumpkin who finds herself in New York with Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone while her fiancée is missing in "Three Loves Has Nancy," a wonderfully funny comedy. Montgomery, Gaynor, and Tone are all hilarious as parts of this strange menage. Gaynor, as Nancy, stood up on her wedding day by "George," is sent by her family to New York to find him. After a series of events, she winds up being used by writer Montgomery to get a rapacious female and her mother off his case. When Franchot Tone, his publisher, friend, and neighbor, gets a sniff of Gaynor's southern cooking, the two men battle it out for her attention. Montgomery considers her a jinx and wants to be rid of Nancy - or so he thinks - until Tone decides he's in love with her.

There are quite a few laugh out loud scenes in this film. It's highly recommended. The "goof" described by IMDb indicates that perhaps two men were cast on different days as Tone's father, an uncredited role, but only one actor is listed. Anyway, it's great fun.