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A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.
Don Dillaway
- Michael Schuyler
- (as Donald Dillaway)
Claud Allister
- Dawson - The Valet
- (as Claude Allister)
Wilson Benge
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Vance Carroll
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Hank - A Reporter
- (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
- Speakeasy Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn a 2008 interview, actor Christopher Plummer called Williams "...one of the most realistic comedians the screen had. He made Cary Grant look like he was overacting... To watch Robert Williams act was like seeing a comic using the Method, long before the Method became famous with Marlon [Brando] (Marlon Brando) and Monty [Clift] (Montgomery Clift)."
- GoofsWhen they are looking at the front page of "The Tribune Paper", in the headlines, the word "okay" is misspelled. It shows "It's okey with me."
The spelling of "OK" was not standardized for a long time. Writer Dashiell Hammett among others spelled it "okeh" and "oke",
- Quotes
Dexter Grayson: Where were you yesterday?
Anne Schuyler: Oh, Stew and I went for a long ride. Dexter, is there any finishing school we could send him to?
Dexter Grayson: Yes - Sing Sing!
- ConnectionsEdited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)
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I see that I'm in good company here on IMDb in first wondering why on earth I had never heard of Robert Williams before and then in regretting that his career was cut so short after hearing his story.
Williams proves himself to be a winning and engaging comedian in this very funny Frank Capra film about a reporter (Williams) who marries a society dame (Jean Harlow) only to realize that his true love is for the female co-worker (Loretta Young) who's been by his side the whole time. Never mind that Young is one hundred times more feminine and prettier than Harlow -- I just chalk it up to the theory that Harlow had a certain look that was very much in vogue in the 1930s and that made her extremely attractive to people.
I don't think Harlow is at all attractive, but I do see her appeal, and I didn't find her performance to be as bad in this film as the history books have claimed. It's true that the casting should have been reversed, and Young should have played the society belle with Harlow as the working-class girl next door. But never mind. She equips herself pretty well with the material given her, and she manages to be believable in the role.
But in any case, it's neither of the women you'll remember from this movie. It's Williams and his absolutely fantastic way with a funny line. He died of appendicitis at the age of 37, and it's clear that 30s movie audiences lost a potentially major star when they lost him.
Grade: A-
Williams proves himself to be a winning and engaging comedian in this very funny Frank Capra film about a reporter (Williams) who marries a society dame (Jean Harlow) only to realize that his true love is for the female co-worker (Loretta Young) who's been by his side the whole time. Never mind that Young is one hundred times more feminine and prettier than Harlow -- I just chalk it up to the theory that Harlow had a certain look that was very much in vogue in the 1930s and that made her extremely attractive to people.
I don't think Harlow is at all attractive, but I do see her appeal, and I didn't find her performance to be as bad in this film as the history books have claimed. It's true that the casting should have been reversed, and Young should have played the society belle with Harlow as the working-class girl next door. But never mind. She equips herself pretty well with the material given her, and she manages to be believable in the role.
But in any case, it's neither of the women you'll remember from this movie. It's Williams and his absolutely fantastic way with a funny line. He died of appendicitis at the age of 37, and it's clear that 30s movie audiences lost a potentially major star when they lost him.
Grade: A-
- evanston_dad
- Jan 5, 2013
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- Budget
- £600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
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