The Gilded Lily (1935 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Gilded Lily

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director = Wesley Ruggles
producer = Albert Lewis
writer = Melville Baker (story)
Claude Binyon
Jack Kirkland (story)
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starring = Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Ray Milland
C. Aubrey Smith
music = Sigmund Krumgold
Heinz Roemheld
Tom Satterfield

cinematography = Victor Milner
editing = Otho Lovering
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = 25 January 1935
runtime = 80 min.
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:92982
imdb_id = 0026409

"The Gilded Lily" is a 1935 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland and C. Aubrey Smith. The film reached #5 in Best English Language Films, National Board of Review Awards 1935.

Plot

New York stenographer Marilyn David (Colbert) has become good friends with Peter Dawes (MacMurray), a newspaper reporter who takes the same subway as she does each morning. Peter is crazy about Marilyn, but she meets and has her eye on wealthy Englishman Charles Gray (Milland), and they fall in love. Charles is the son of Lloyd Granville (Smith), a titled British nobleman, which means Charles is rich, good looking, and minor royalty, tipping the scales in his favour. Charles proposes marriage to Marilyn, but after a sudden argument, she turns him down. Charles leaves town and Marilyn discovers he is a duke's son and already engaged.

Marilyn confides in Peter, her platonic friend, who is ecstatic at this bit of news and publicizes her as the 'No Girl', the working girl who refused a chance to marry into monied nobility. So Marilyn is suddenly famous, and she cashes in on her sudden and unwelcome notoriety by becoming a cafe entertainer. In an unexpected way, she succeeds. Marilyn's fame causes Charles to take a second look at her; he asks her to reconsider, but Marilyn wonders if she might be better off with Peter after all. But can she decide between her two loves?

"The Gilded Lily" was the first co-starring vehicle for Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, who would go on to make seven movies together.

Cast

*Claudette Colbert as Marilyn David
*Fred MacMurray as Peter Dawes
*Ray Milland as Charles Gray (Lord Granton)
*C. Aubrey Smith as Lloyd Granton, Duke of Loamshire
*Luis Alberni as Nate Porcopolis
*Eddie Craven as Eddie, Photographer
*Donald Meek as Hankerson
*Charles Irwin as Oscar, Orchestra Leader
*Forrester Harvey as Hugo/Innkeeper
*Grace Bradley as Daisy
*Claude King as Boat Captain
*Charles C. Wilson as Managing Editor
*Edward Gargan as Subway Guard
*Pat Somerset as Man in London Club
*Georgie Billings as Guard's Son (as George Billings)
*Tom Dugan as Bum on Park Bench
*Warren Hymer as Taxi Driver
*Eddie Borden as Photographer
*Jack Albin as International News Photographer (uncredited)
*Jimmy Aubrey as Purser (uncredited)
*Ambrose Barker as British Reporter (uncredited)
*Reginald Barlow as Managing Editor (uncredited)
*William Begg as British Reporter (uncredited)
*Jay Belasco as London Cafe Patron (uncredited)
*Ralph Brooks as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
*Michelette Burani as Marie, Marilyn's Maid (uncredited)
*Rudolph Cameron as Photographer (uncredited)
*Cherry Campbell as Cameraman at New York Apartment (uncredited)
*Rita Carlyle as Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
*Adele Corliss as Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
*Sheila Darcy as Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
*Robert Dudley as Store Clerk (uncredited)
*Eddie Dunn as Reporter (uncredited)
*Jay Eaton as London Cafe Patron (uncredited)
*Jack Egan as Photographer (uncredited)
*Frank Filen as Photographer, Associated Press (uncredited)
*Hyman Fink as Free Lance Photographer (uncredited)
*Neil Fitzgerald as English waiter (uncredited)
*Jerry Fletcher as Barney (uncredited)
*Captain Francis as London Cafe Patron (uncredited)
*Dick French as Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
*Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)
*Sam Harris as London Night Club Patron (uncredited)
*Samuel E. Hines as Cameraman at New York Apartment (uncredited)
*George Humbert as Popcorn Man (uncredited)
*Perry Ivins as Cameraman at New York Apartment (uncredited)
*Tiny Jones as Small Woman (uncredited)
*Howard Joslin as Extra (uncredited)
*Leonid Kinskey as Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
*Rollo Lloyd as City Editor (uncredited)
*Dixie Loftin as Neighbor (uncredited)
*Jerry Mandy as Waiter at Nate's (uncredited)
*Stanley Mann as Steward with Telegram (uncredited)
*Bert Moorhouse as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
*Clive Morgan as Englishman, London Cafe (uncredited)
*Edmund Mortimer as London Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
*Esther Muir as Divorcee (uncredited)
*Ferdinand Munier as Otto Bushe, The Shovel King (uncredited)
*Jack Norton as Photographer (uncredited)
*Patsy O'Byrne as Neighbor (uncredited)
*Dennis O'Keefe as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
*Albert Pollet as Headwaiter (uncredited)
*James Quinn as Second Guard (uncredited)
*Cyril Ring as Headwaiter (uncredited)
*Ronald R. Rondell as Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
*Gale Ronn as Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
*Mel Ruick as English Band Leader (uncredited)
*Walter Shumway as Assistant editor (uncredited)
*Cameron Smith as Assistant City Editor (uncredited)
*Larry Steers as London Night Club Patron (uncredited)
*Hayden Stevenson as Photographer (uncredited)
*Mark Strong as Neighbor (uncredited)
*Forrest Taylor as Train Conductor (uncredited)
*Phil Tead as Rollercoaster Attendant (uncredited)
*Bob Thom as Customs inspector (uncredited)
*David Thursby as British Reporter (uncredited)
*Monte Vandergrift as Neighbor (uncredited)
*Florence Wix as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Quotes

*Peter Dawes: But popcorn - ah, popcorn was made for watching the world go by. Look. I stick my hand in the bag without taking my eyes off the street. I throw some popcorn in my craw. I chew...and I'm still looking. That's what I call class.
*Marilyn David: Sure. Peanut eaters don't know how to live.

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*Marilyn David: Pete, you're a smart fellow. What do poor little working girls usually do next?
*Peter Dawes: Well, they usually drown themselves, one way or the other.
*Marilyn David: I'll take the other.

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*Marilyn David: I'm just a freak!

Filming Locations

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

External links

*tcmdb title|id=76268|title=The Gilded Lily