Love Before Breakfast

Infobox Film
name = Love Before Breakfast


image_size = 215px
caption = theatrical poster
director = Walter Lang
producer = Edmund Grainger
writer = Short story:
Faith Baldwin
Film story:
Claude Binyon (uncredited)
Treatment:
Harry Clork
Doris Malloy
Preston Sturges
(all uncredited)
Add'l Dialogue:
Gertrude Purcell "(uncredited)"
Screenplay:
Herbert Fields
narrator =
starring = Carole Lombard
Preston Foster
Cesar Romero
music = Arthur Morton
Franz Waxman
cinematography = Ted Tetzlaff
editing = Maurice Wright
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = March 9, fy|1936
runtime = 70 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
imdb_id = 0027908

"Love Before Breakfast" is a fy|1936 romantic comedy film starring Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, and Cesar Romero, based on Faith Baldwin's short story "Spinster Dinner", published in "International-Cosmopolitan" in July 1934. The film was directed by Walter Lang from a screenplay by Herbert Fields assisted by numerous contract writers, including Preston Sturges.

Plot

Kay Colby (Carole Lombard) is a Park Avenue beauty with two suitors: Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero), who she's engaged to, and Scott Miller (Preston Foster). To clear his way, Scott buys the oil company Bill works for and sends him to Japan. Then he sends his own girl friend, Countess Campanella (Betty Lawford), to Hawaii to get "her" out of the way as well. Kay is upset by Bill's leaving, and annoyed by Scott pressing his suit, but Scott has the assistance and approval of Kay's mother (Janet Beecher) in his efforts, and the advice of his friend and business partner, Brinkerhoff (Richard Carle). [TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=81942&category=Full%20Synopsis Full synopsis] ]

Cast

*Carole Lombard as Kay Colby
*Preston Foster as Scott Miller
*Cesar Romero as Bill Wadsworth
*Janet Beecher as Mrs. Colby
*Betty Lawford as Countess Campanella
*Richard Carle as Brinkerhoff
*Forrester Harvey as chief steward
*Joyce Compton as Mary Lee
*Diana Gibson as the secretary

Production

"Love Before Breakfast" had the working title of "Spinster Dinner", the title of the Faith Baldwin short story it was based on. Several months before filming began, it was reported that Melvyn Douglas would take the male lead.

Carole Lombard was under contract to Paramount, who lent her to Universal for this film, in exchange for Margaret Sullavan going there to do "So Red The Rose". Lombard also brought technical staff from Paramount, including photographer Ted Tetzlaff and costume designer Travis Banton.

Lombard, who had the contractual right to reject scripts, didn't like the ones she was presented for "Love Before Breakfast", including those written by Preston Sturges, Claude Binyon, Samuel Hoffenstein, Harry Clork, Doris Malloy and William Conselman. Eventually, she accepted Herbert Fields's script.TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=81942&category=Notes Notes] ]

"Love Before Breakfast" was in production from 16 December fy|1935 to 27 January fy|1936, [IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027908/business Business data] ] and was released on 9 March 1936. [IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027908/releaseinfo Release dates] ]

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External links

*imdb title|0027908
*tcmdb title|81942
*amg movie|1:100318