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Expensive Husbands

1937 · 62 min

A breezy, charming old-Hollywood romantic comedy that glides by on light banter and mistaken motives, easy to watch and pleasantly forgettable.

Directed by: Bobby Connolly
Genres: Romance, Comedy
Starring: Patric Knowles, Beverly Roberts, Allyn Joslyn

Tagline: Your name my be Rupert...But it ought to be Bill...BILL...BILL!
Overview: Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?

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Directed by: Bobby Connolly
Genres: Romance, Comedy
Starring: Patric Knowles, Beverly Roberts, Allyn Joslyn

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
class
identity
ambition
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: romance, comedy
Directed by: Bobby Connolly
Written by: Lillie Hayward, Jay Brennan, Jean Negulesco
Starring: Patric Knowles, Beverly Roberts, Allyn Joslyn, Gordon Oliver, Vladimir Sokoloff, Eula Guy, Fritz Feld, Ann Codee
Runtime: 62 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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