Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
Janet Gaynor
Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Robert Taylor
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
Binnie Barnes
Priscilla Hyde
Andy Devine
George Brannan
Lewis Stone
Dr. Dakin
Elizabeth Patterson
Ma Brannan
Frank Craven
Will "Pa" Brannan
James Stewart
Elmer Clampett
Isabel Jewell
Emily 'Em' Brannan
Charley Grapewin
Dr. Ned Fabre
Nella Walker
Mrs. Dakin
Robert Greig
Childers, Dakin's Butler
Edgar Kennedy
Captain Mack
Willie Fung
So-So
Agnes Ayres
Catherine (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
Concierge (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Jeffers Cass, J.P. (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Bit Role (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Chick Page (uncredited)
Chester Gan
Wing (uncredited)
Nora Lane
Cissie (uncredited)
Drue Leyton
Felicia (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Wedding Celebrant (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Woman in Bed (uncredited)
George Meeker
Dr. Bill Underwood (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
College Boy in Car (uncredited)
Director
William A. Wellman
Novel
Ben Ames Williams
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Edith Fitzgerald
April 4, 2022
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An ideal example of "act in haste, repent at leisure" this one, as poor old "Rob Dakin" (Robert Taylor) quite literally stumbles upon the bored "Kay" (Janet Gaynor) in her out of the way town. She takes an immediate shine to him, and on his drunken whim they marry... Next morning, he wakes up with a bit more than an hangover but his well-to-do parents insist that they sit tight for six months before divorcing. Less scandalous that way? Needless to say, his erstwhile fiancée "Priscilla" (Binnie Barnes) is none to pleased by her now ex-beau's activities - and "Kay" is still quite keen to hang onto to him. What will the six months bring? It's an enjoyable - if predictable - little caper this, with both Taylor and Gaynor on fine form. The comedy is simple, but still quite engaging and Binnie Barnes and Andy Divine (or, more specifically, his falsetto voice) work well to keep the pace moving along nicely. It is too long - the middle of the film has a bit of a paunch to it, but when the two at the top of the bill are on screen together, it's an amiable enough film to watch.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00