''Three Cheers for Love'' is a 1936 American musical film directed by

Ray McCarey Raymond Benedict McCarey (September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American film director, brother of director Leo McCarey. Biography McCarey began working at Hal Roach Studios, where he did work on short films with Our Gang and L ...

, written by George Marion, Jr., and starring

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, Elizabeth Patterson,

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and John Halliday. It was released on June 26, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

The showman Charles Dormant and wife Consuelo decide to send their daughter Sharon, familiarly known as "Skippy," to boarding school. Wilma Chester's school is going broke, so she permits old acquaintance Milton Shakespeare to bring his theatrical troupe to the school and stage a Thanksgiving show, hoping Skippy's dad will attend and offer everyone work in his professional theatrical revues. Skippy is reluctant to perform until handsome songwriter Jimmy Tuttle changes her mind. She is shocked, however, when her father rejects an invitation to the show, unaware that Consuelo has answered it without showing it to him. Another shock comes when Eve Bronson turns up, claiming Jimmy's about to marry her and only pretending to like Skippy. Once he learns about the show, Charles is delighted to come. By this time Skippy wants no part of it, but Jimmy carries her to the stage, convinces her to entertain, then drops to one knee and proposes marriage to her.

Cast

as Skippy Dormant *

as Jimmy Tuttle *

as Milton Shakespeare * Elizabeth Patterson as Wilma Chester *

as Doc 'Short Circuit' Wilson * John Halliday as Charles Dormant *

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as Eve Bronson *

Veda Ann Borg Veda Ann Borg (January 11, 1915 – August 16, 1973) was an American film and television actress. Early years Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gottfried Borg, a Swedish immigrant, and Minna Noble, Borg became a model in 1936 before winni ...

as Consuelo Dormant *Louis Da Pron as Elmer * Olympe Bradna as Frenchy *

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as Johnny * Irving Bacon as Rider *Si Wells as Winton *

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as Dorothy *

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as Mr. Courtney Netherland *

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as Mrs. Courtney Netherland * Kitty McHugh as Wardrobe Mistress *Cynthia Duane as Makeup Girl *Donald Kerr as Property Man

Production

Cummings was cast in December 1935. Filming started in March 1936.

Reception

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of ''

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'' said, "There came shyly yesterday to the Roxy Theatre a picture called ''Three Cheers for Love'', and the best we can do is describe it as Hollywood's equivalent of the employes' annual picnic. Paramount—if our inference is correct—must have summoned a select number of its juveniles, praised them for their loyalty to the firm and, as a reward for good behavior, told them they could take a cameraman, director, a few sets and one of the lesser scripts and make a picture all by themselves. We gather that the youngsters enjoyed the picnic, but Paramount has no right to ask us to pay the bill."

References

External links

* 1936 films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ray McCarey Paramount Pictures films American musical films 1936 musical films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-film-stub