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Genre
  
Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.8/10
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Director
  
Edward Ludwig

Music director
  
James Dietrich

Language
  
English

Writer
  
Cyril Harcourt
,
Gladys Lehman
,
H.M. Walker
,
Preston Sturges

Release date
  
December 22, 1932 (San Diego) January 5, 1933 (U.S.)

Initial release
  
December 22, 1932 (San Diego)

Screenplay
  
Preston Sturges, H. M. Walker, Gladys Lehman, Clarence Marks

Cast
  
ZaSu Pitts
(Molly Hull),
Roland Young
(Hillary Hume),
Slim Summerville
(Sam Sutton),
Verree Teasdale
(Lola Montrose),
Robert Greig
(Radcliff)

Similar movies
  
The Lady Eve (1941), Sullivans Travels (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942), Christmas in July (1940), The Miracle of Morgans Creek (1944)

They Just Had to Get Married is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, and Verree Teasdale.

Contents

The screenplay was written by Gladys Lehman, H.M. Walker, and an uncredited Preston Sturges, based on the Broadway play A Pair of Silk Stockings (1914) by Cyril Harcourt. This was the play's third film adaptation.

Plot

When wealthy Henry Davidson dies, he leaves all his money to his faithful butler, Sam Sutton (Summerville), and maid, Molly Hull (Pitts), who are finally able to get married. Their new lives as millionaires gets them involved with flirtatious Lola Montrose (Teasdale) and Davidson's relative Hillary Hume (Young), and complications ensue.

Sam and Molly lose everything, break up, and are finally tricked into reconciling.

Cast

  • Slim Summerville as Sam Sutton
  • ZaSu Pitts as Molly Hull
  • Roland Young as Hillary Hume
  • Verree Teasdale as Lola Montrose
  • C. Aubrey Smith as Hampton
  • Robert Greig as Radcliff
  • David Landau as Montrose
  • Elizabeth Patterson as Lizzie
  • Wallis Clark as Fairchilds
  • David Leo Tillotson as Wilmont
  • Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Fairchilds
  • William Burress as Bradford
  • Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Bradford
  • Bertram Marburgh as Langley
  • Virginia Howell as Mrs. Langley
  • James Donlan as Clerk
  • Henry Armetta as Tony
  • Fifi D'Orsay as Marie
  • Cora Sue Collins as Rosalie

    • Production

    The original title of this film was They Had to Get Married. However, the Hays Office disapproved of this title, and requested the addition of the world "just". They Just Had to Get Married was the third film version of Cyril Harcourt's 1914 play, A Pair of Silk Stockings. The first two were both silent films: a 1918 Lewis J. Selznick presentation also called A Pair of Silk Stockings, and a 1927 Universal film, Silk Stockings. These films are unrelated to the 1957 film, Silk Stockings, a musical remake of Ninotchka (1939).

    The film premiered in San Diego, California on December 22, 1932, and went into general American release on January 5, 1933.

    References

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