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They Wanted to Marry

  • 19371937
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Betty Furness and Gordon Jones in They Wanted to Marry (1937)
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even lik... Read allNewspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
121
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  • Director
    • Lew Landers
  • Writers
    • Paul Yawitz(screen play)
    • Ethel B. Borden(screen play)
    • Lawrence P. Bachmann(story)
  • Stars
    • Betty Furness
    • Gordon Jones
    • E.E. Clive
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  • Director
    • Lew Landers
  • Writers
    • Paul Yawitz(screen play)
    • Ethel B. Borden(screen play)
    • Lawrence P. Bachmann(story)
  • Stars
    • Betty Furness
    • Gordon Jones
    • E.E. Clive
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    • 4User reviews
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    Betty Furness
    Betty Furness
    • Sheilaas Sheila
    Gordon Jones
    Gordon Jones
    • Jimas Jim
    E.E. Clive
    E.E. Clive
    • Stilesas Stiles
    Patsy Parsons
    Patsy Parsons
    • Patsyas Patsy
    Henry Kolker
    Henry Kolker
    • Mr. Hunteras Mr. Hunter
    Frank M. Thomas
    Frank M. Thomas
    • Detectiveas Detective
    Charles C. Wilson
    Charles C. Wilson
    • Clarkas Clark
    • (as Charles Wilson)
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    • Frecklesas Freckles
    • (as William Benedict)
    Diana Gibson
    Diana Gibson
    • Helenas Helen
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    • Hatcheck Servant at Wedding Receptionas Hatcheck Servant at Wedding Reception
    • (unconfirmed)
    John Shelton
    John Shelton
    • Georgeas George
    • (unconfirmed)
    Jack Adair
    • Casino Doormanas Casino Doorman
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph E. Bernard
    Joseph E. Bernard
    • Masonas Mason
    • (uncredited)
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Newspaper Messengeras Newspaper Messenger
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Byrd
    Ralph Byrd
    • Roger Colemanas Roger Coleman
    • (uncredited)
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • Police Turnkeyas Police Turnkey
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Clayton
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    George Davis
    George Davis
    • Paulas Paul
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lew Landers
    • Writers
      • Paul Yawitz(screen play)
      • Ethel B. Borden(screen play)
      • Lawrence P. Bachmann(story)
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    Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him. —Shu
    • timeframe 1930s
    • photographer
    • newspaper
    • newspaper photographer
    • wedding
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      • PERFECTLY MATCHED! Her blue-blood background and his yellow journal foreground was the match that set fire to Park Avenue!
    • Genres
      • Adventure
      • Comedy
      • Romance
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      • Approved
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    • Trivia
      Ray Mayer and Moroni Olsen were in a Hollywood Reporter cast list for this movie, but they did not appear.
    • Goofs
      When the camera pulls back from a close up of Jim behind bars after he snapped the picture at the gambling joint, the supposed iron bar on the right comes into place initially at an angle, revealing its motion is due to a stage hand and not an optical effect from the movement of the camera.

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    5/10
    Mike the cop moves into high society
    In yet another film about a dizzy heiress, Betty Furness is the heiress who has a whirlwind romance with a newspaperman. Unlike It Happened One Night, the grand daddy of all these heiress films, the newspaperman here is a photographer.

    Gordon Jones plays the photographer and he like predecessor Johnny Mack Brown of the Crimson Tide of Alabama moved on to the cinema. Jones who is best remembered for playing Mike the cop in the Abbott&Costello show in the Fifties was slim and trim playing at first young juvenile leading men before he put on a little beef and did comic parts. Later on it was discovered that Jones had a really good slow burn technique and a comically explosive temper that was put to good use in films and television culminating in his Abbott&Costello part.

    None of that is on display here, Jones gets an assignment to photograph the wedding of the daughter of a most reclusive millionaire Henry Kolker. He does that, but also falls for the younger daughter Furness. Of course they have a rocky road, but true love will triumph in the end as it always did back then.

    Jones and Furness are kind of colorless here which is another reason that Jones moved on to comedy. But Henry Kolker, Franklin Pangborn as a flustered house detective and E.E. Clive as Kolker's much put upon butler really give They Wanted To Marry a lot of verve.
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    • Release date
      • February 5, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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