''I Loved You Wednesday'' is a 1933 American

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directed by Henry King and

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and written by Philip Klein and Horace Jackson, adapted from the 1932 play of the same title by Molly Ricardel and William DuBois. The film stars

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, Victor Jory, Miriam Jordan, Laura Hope Crews, and June Lang. The film was released on June 16, 1933, by

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Synopsis

Vicki Meredith, an

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student in

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, meets and falls for fellow American and aspiring

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Randall Williams. Some time into their relationship she discovers he already has a wife back home. Angered by this she abandons Paris and heads for

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where she meets

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Philip Fletcher, and falls in love before he then leaves to work on the

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. In America she encounters Philip again as well as Randall and his wife.

Cast

as Philip Fletcher *

as Vicki Meredith * Victor Jory as Randall Williams * Miriam Jordan as Cynthia Williams * Laura Hope Crews as Doc Mary Hanson * June Lang as Ballet Dancer *

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as Ruby - the Hat Check Girl * Chris-Pin Martin as Chris - the Waiter *

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as Opera Singing Neighbor *

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as Signalman * Mischa Auer as Piano Accompanist * Alphonse Martell as Bickering Frenchman * Charles R. Moore as Elevator Operator *

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as Doorman at Speakeasy

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* 1933 films 1930s English-language films Fox Film films American comedy films 1933 comedy films Films directed by Henry King Films directed by William Cameron Menzies American black-and-white films 1930s American films Films set in Paris Films set in South America Films set in New York City American films based on plays {{1930s-comedy-film-stub