- They Just Had to Get Married
Infobox Film
name = They Just Had to Get Married
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director =Edward Ludwig
producer =Carl Laemmle Jr.
writer = Cyril Harcourt "(play)"
Gladys LehmanH.M. Walker Preston Sturges "(uncredited)"
Clarence J. Marks
"(add'l dialogue)"
narrator =
starring =Slim Summerville Zasu Pitts Roland Young Verree Teasdale
music = James Dietrich
cinematography =Edward Snyder
editing = Ted J. Kent
distributor =Universal Pictures
released = 22 December fy|1932
"(San Diego premiere)"
5 January fy|1933
"(general)"
runtime = 69 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
imdb_id = 0024654"They Just Had to Get Married" is a fy|1933
comedy film directed byEdward Ludwig and starringSlim Summerville ,Zasu Pitts ,Roland Young andVerree Teasdale . It was written by Gladys Lehman,H.M. Walker and an uncreditedPreston Sturges , based on the 1914 Broadway play "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Cyril Harcout, [TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=92823&category=Screenplay%20Info Screenplay info] ] [ibdb title|8071|A Pair of Silk Stockings] its third film adaptation.TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=92823&category=Notes Notes] ]Plot
When rich man Henry Davidson dies, he leaves all his money to his faithful butler, Sam Sutton (
Slim Summerville ), and maid, Molly Hull (Zasu Pitts ), who are finally able to get married. Their new lives as millionaires gets them involved with flirtatious Lola Montrose (Verree Teasdale ) and Davidson's relative Hillary Hume (Roland Young ), and complications ensue. Sam and Molly lose everything, break up, and are finally tricked into reconciling. [TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=92823&category=Full%20Synopsis Full synopsis] ] Brennan, Sandra [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:113246~T0 Plot synopsis (Allmovie)] ]Cast
Cast notes:
*Warner Bros. ' prolific character manGuy Kibbee is listed as having an uncredited appearance in this film.Production
The original title of this film was "They Had to Get Married", but this was disapproved of by the censors of the
Hays Office , who requested the addition of the world "just"."They Just Had to Get Married" was the third film version of Cyril Harcourt's 1914 play "A Pair of Silk Stockings". The first two were both
silent film s: a fy|1918Lewis J. Selznick presentation also called "A Pair of Silk Stockings" [imdb title|0009475|A Pair of Silk Stockings] , and a fy|1927 Universal film called "Silk Stockings" [imdb title|0018403|Silk Stockings (1927)] (not related to the fy|1957 film "Silk Stockings ", which was a musical remake of "Ninotchka ").The film premiered in
San Diego, California on22 December fy|1932, and went into general American release on5 January fy|1933. [IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024654/releaseinfo Release dates] ]Notes
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*imdb title|0024654
*tcmdb title|92823
*amg movie|1:113246
*ibdb title|8071|A Pair of Silk Stockings
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