Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Overview
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.801 |
Directed By
Walter Lang
Crew
Walter Lang
Brymer
Gertrude Purcell
Maurice Wright
Claude Binyon
Doris Malloy
Franz Waxman
Harry Clork
Albert S. D'Agostino
Herbert Fields
Samuel Hoffenstein
Preston Sturges
Ted Tetzlaff
Edmund Grainger
Travis Banton
Franz Waxman
Gilbert Kurland
Faith Baldwin
Charles Carroll
TOP CAST
Carole Lombard
Kay Colby
Preston Foster
Scott Miller
Cesar Romero
Bill Wadsworth
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Colby
Betty Lawford
Countess Jane Campanella
Forrester Harvey
Chief Steward
Richard Carle
Brinkerhoff
Joyce Compton
Mary Lee
Bert Roach
The Host
Diana Gibson
The Secretary
George Beranger
Charles (uncredited)
Donald Briggs
Stuart Farnum (uncredited)
E. E. Clive
Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Quartermaster (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Bouncer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Extra as Diner at Dubin's (uncredited)
Nan Grey
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Mia Ichioka
Yuki - Kay's Maid (uncredited)
George Magrill
Sailor (uncredited)
Ralph Malone
College Boy (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter at Dubin's (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Brokerage Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Doorman (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
College Boy (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Dubin's Diner Customer (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Clerk (uncredited)
Sammee Tong
Steward (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Clerk (uncredited)
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