Cain and Mabel

Infobox Film
name = Cain and Mabel


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director = Lloyd Bacon
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writer = Laird Doyle
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starring = Marion Davies
Clark Gable
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distributor = Warner Bros.
released = September 26, 1936 USA
runtime = 90 min.
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0027413

"Cain and Mabel" was a 1936 romantic comedy film designed as a vehicle for Marion Davies in which she co-stars with Clark Gable and Robert Paige (credited under his original name "David Carlyle").

ynopsis

The managers of heavyweight champion Larry Cain and Broadway musical star Mabel O'Dare scheme up a romance to give the celebrities more glamour. But the two don't hit it off, having started on the wrong foot. [cite web
url = http://imdb.com/title/tt0027413/plotsummary
title = Plot Summary for Cain and Mabel
publisher = Internet Movie Database
accessdate = 2007-01-27]

Background

Previously (and uncomfortably) co-starred in Polly at the Circus, Marion Davies and Clark Gable were reteamed in Cain and Mabel, reportedly on the demand of Davies' "sponsor" William Randolph Hearst. [cite web
url = http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=86401
title = Cain and Mabel at the New York Times.
publisher = New York Times
accessdate = 2007-01-27]

Paige introduced the song "I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs" with words by Al Dubin and music by Harry Warren.

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