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There Goes My Heart

  • 19381938
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
611
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POPULARITY
118,840
18,293
Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Fredric March, and Alan Mowbray in There Goes My Heart (1938)
ComedyRomance
A young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.A young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.A young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
611
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
118,840
18,293
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Writers
      • Eddie Moran(screen play)
      • Jack Jevne(screen play)
      • Ed Sullivan(from an original story by)
    • Stars
      • Fredric March
      • Virginia Bruce
      • Patsy Kelly
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Writers
      • Eddie Moran(screen play)
      • Jack Jevne(screen play)
      • Ed Sullivan(from an original story by)
    • Stars
      • Fredric March
      • Virginia Bruce
      • Patsy Kelly
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 24User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Virginia Bruce and Fredric March in There Goes My Heart (1938)
    Virginia Bruce and Fredric March in There Goes My Heart (1938)
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    Virginia Bruce, Fredric March, and Ed Sullivan in There Goes My Heart (1938)
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    Top cast

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    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Bill Spencer
    Virginia Bruce
    Virginia Bruce
    • Joan Butterfield
    Patsy Kelly
    Patsy Kelly
    • Peggy O'Brien
    Alan Mowbray
    Alan Mowbray
    • Pennypepper E. Pennypepper
    Nancy Carroll
    Nancy Carroll
    • Dorothy Moore
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Mr. Stevens - Editor
    Claude Gillingwater
    Claude Gillingwater
    • Cyrus Butterfield
    Arthur Lake
    Arthur Lake
    • Flash Fisher
    Etienne Girardot
    Etienne Girardot
    • Hinkley - Secretary
    Robert Armstrong
    Robert Armstrong
    • Detective O'Brien
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Mr. Dobbs
    Irving Pichel
    Irving Pichel
    • Mr. Gorman
    Syd Saylor
    Syd Saylor
    • Robinson
    • (as Sid Saylor)
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    • Officer
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Cafe Counterman
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Cafe Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Horace G. Brown
    • Ice Skater
    • (uncredited)
    George Burton
    • Drayman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Writers
      • Eddie Moran(screen play)
      • Jack Jevne(screen play)
      • Ed Sullivan(from an original story by)
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    • Trivia
      According to a New York Times article on 16 October 1938, the Citizen's Chiropractic Committee of New York State sued the film producers, authors and Alan Mowbray for $100,000 claiming damages to the profession. One doctor was very upset that the film implied it was possible to go through a chiropractic school through a correspondence course. The outcome of the suit is not known.
    • Quotes

      Peggy O'Brien: Just think, someday i'll be Mrs. Doctor Pennypepper E. Pennypepper... then I'll find out what the E. stands for!

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are shown as if viewed through a ship's porthole.
    • Soundtracks
      A Life on the Ocean Wave
      (1838) (uncredited)

      Music by Henry Russell

      Lyrics by Epes Sargent

      Sung a cappella by Fredric March

    User reviews24

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    In Defense of a Not So Terrible Film
    Okay, so this is a copy of It Happened One Night. Big deal. There's actually a fair amount in it that is different. The basic elements are the same: Girl runs away from dad/grandfather and dodges the detectives but comes face-to-face with a reporter hiding his identity from her.

    I would say that the primary difference between films is the attitudes of the leading men. Clark is essentially blackmailing Claudette in IHON, while in this film, Fredric doesn't seem to have any intention of publicising Virginia - he doesn't want to write the story in the first place, keeps delaying the finish of his story, and finally he rips it up and refuses to do it at all. In TGMH, there is also a strange but amusing supporting actress who works in the same store as Virginia does. Oscar Shapely of IHON is not her equivalent, though amusing in his own way, believe you me.

    It Happened One Night is definitely the more solid of the two movies, but There Goes My Heart is fun to watch and should be more actively viewed than it is, instead of being condemned by a majority that probably hasn't seen it, but bases their opinions on the negative reviews of others. I myself was sceptical - I just watched it prepared to react whatever way the movie led me, and I have to say that I did like it and would definitely see it again.
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    • constancepetersen
    • Sep 28, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • En flicka överbord
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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