Marry the Girl (1937 film)

Not to be confused with Marry the Girl (1935 film).

Marry the Girl is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann. The 68 minute film, set at a newspaper syndicate, was written by Sig Herzig and Pat C. Flick, shot by cinematographer Arthur L. Todd, and was produced by Bryan Foy and Jack L. Warner under the Warner Bros. banner.^[1]

Marry the Girl
Directed by	William C. McGann
Written by	Sig Herzig Pat C. Flick Tom Reed
Based on	Marry the Girl 1935 story in American Magazine by Edward Hope
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Edited by	Warren Low
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 13, 1937 (1937-07-13)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Ollie Radway is a daffy dowager who, with equally eccentric brother John, runs a thriving newspaper. After firing the managing editor for failing to keep her niece Virginia out of the newspaper business, she hands the job to David Partridge, a minor employee with a crush on the girl. In short order, Partridge is assigned to keep Virginia away from fortune-hunting editorial artist Dimitri Kyeff.^[2]

Cast

• Mary Boland as Ollie Radway
• Frank McHugh as David 'Party' Partridge
• Hugh Herbert as John B. Radway
• Carol Hughes as Virginia Radway
• Allen Jenkins as Specs
• Mischa Auer as Dimitri Kyeff
• Alan Mowbray as Dr. Hayden Stryker
• Hugh O'Connell as Michael 'Mike' Forrester
• Teddy Hart as Biff
• Tom Kennedy as Jasper
• Dewey Robinson as Buster
• Arthur Aylesworth as Third Southerner
• Olin Howland as First Southerner
• William B. Davidson as Drake
• Charles Judels as Andre Victor Antoine Descate