''This Man is Mine'' is a 1934 American

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film directed by John Cromwell and starring

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, and

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. It is based on the play ''Love Flies in the Window'' by

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Plot

Tony and Jim Dunlap are happily married. However, the dull-but-dependable Jim had been in love with Fran Harper, a school friend of Tony, before he and Tony married. Fran has just been divorced. Now Fran is coming their way, bringing her pick-up boyfriend Mort Holmes along, and she intends to steal Jim from Tony. Tony sees Fran as a reminder of her own mother, who left Tony's father and caused him to drink himself to death. Thus, Tony is determined to avoid meeting Fran. However, they meet at the house of their friends, Jud and Bee McCrae, and Fran goes off with Jim after everyone has left. When Tony finds that Jim and Fran have been together, she threatens to divorce him. However, Tony eventually beats Fran at her own game, and wins Jim back.

Cast

as Tony Dunlap *

as Francesca Harper *

as Jim Dunlap *

Kay Johnson Catherine Townsend Johnson (November 29, 1904 – November 17, 1975) was an American stage and film actress. Family Johnson was born in Mount Vernon, New York. Her father was architect Thomas R. Johnson, who worked in the firm of Cass Gil ...

as Bee McCrae *

Charles Starrett Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...

as Jud McCrae * Vivian Tobin as Rita * Sidney Blackmer as Mort Holmes * Louis Mason as Slim

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* * * * 1934 films Films directed by John Cromwell 1934 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub