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Love Before Breakfast

  • 19361936
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
834
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Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
ComedyRomance
A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
834
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Walter Lang
  • Writers
    • Herbert Fields(screenplay)
    • Faith Baldwin(from the novel: "Spinster Dinner" by)
    • Gertrude Purcell(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Carole Lombard
    • Preston Foster
    • Cesar Romero
  • Director
    • Walter Lang
  • Writers
    • Herbert Fields(screenplay)
    • Faith Baldwin(from the novel: "Spinster Dinner" by)
    • Gertrude Purcell(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Carole Lombard
    • Preston Foster
    • Cesar Romero
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 20User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Carole Lombard and Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard and Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard and Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard, Cesar Romero, and Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard and Cesar Romero in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard and Preston Foster in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard and Cesar Romero in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast (1936)
    Carole Lombard and Janet Beecher in Love Before Breakfast (1936)

    Top cast

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    Carole Lombard
    Carole Lombard
    • Kay Colby
    Preston Foster
    Preston Foster
    • Scott Miller
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Bill Wadsworth
    Janet Beecher
    Janet Beecher
    • Mrs. Colby
    Betty Lawford
    Betty Lawford
    • Countess Campanella
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    • Brinkerhoff
    Forrester Harvey
    Forrester Harvey
    • Chief Steward
    Joyce Compton
    Joyce Compton
    • Mary Lee
    Bert Roach
    Bert Roach
    • Party Host
    Diana Gibson
    Diana Gibson
    • Secretary
    • (as Diane Gibson)
    Sylvia Andrew
    • Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    William Arnold
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Aye
    • Petty Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Barton
    • Jerry - Cabby
    • (uncredited)
    Jay Belasco
    Jay Belasco
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    George Beranger
    George Beranger
    • Charles
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Briggs
    Donald Briggs
    • Stuart Farnum
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • College Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Walter Lang
    • Writers
      • Herbert Fields(screenplay)
      • Faith Baldwin(from the novel: "Spinster Dinner" by)
      • Gertrude Purcell(additional dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Although Faith Baldwin is credited onscreen as writer of a novel, it was actually just a short story in a magazine. No novel was ever published.
    • Goofs
      About 5 minutes into the movie, a horse-drawn taxi backs into a car & damages it's left headlight but in the next scene, it is the right headlight that is damaged & even more so.
    • Quotes

      Kay Colby: Incidentally, what's happened to the Count? Where is he?

      Scott Miller: Where are the snows of yesteryear?

      Kay Colby: Where the woodbine twineth.

      Scott Miller: That's where the Count is.

    • Crazy credits
      Card after ending credits: "Thank You"
    • Connections
      Referenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: Carole Lombard (1961)
    • Soundtracks
      The Old Gray Mare
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Sung by the college boys after the brawl

    User reviews20

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    7/10
    Anything with Carole
    I like Carole Lombard. I think she's one of the most talented, funny actresses ever - and, although this one could not be considered one of her classic movies, it still is fun to watch. A lot of people complain about Preston Foster's role in this movie. It's true that the chemistry they're supposed to have doesn't always work, but I don't think it's the actor's fault - the script is just not that good. It seems to me like we land into the middle of a film. Carole's fiancé is going away to Japan because Preston wants her to himself - and, because he wants her to himself, he keeps finding selfish, annoying ways to get closer. To some up, no one gets why Carole is supposed to be in love with a self-centered, egotistic man. And yet I still like this movie. I pop it up whenever I can't find anything better to do. It's easy-going, if not perfect, and it's amusing. The scene where they're taken in and we discover that Preston's punched Carole is a treat. In conclusion, Carole has made a lot of better films and some of them can be easily found now a days thanks to that great invention that is the DVD (what would we old-movie lovers do if it wasn't for that?), but this one is still worth checking out. I guess anything with her is.
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    • rc_brazil
    • Sep 16, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Spinster Dinner
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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