''Married Before Breakfast'' is a 1937 American

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film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Robert Young,

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and

June Clayworth June Clayworth (born Esther June Cantor; June 9, 1905 – January 1, 1993) was an American stage and film actress. Early years The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Cantor, Clayworth was born Esther June Cantor in New Jersey but raised in Wi ...

Plot

After years of struggling, inventor Tom Wakefield sells his hair-removal invention for a quarter of a million dollars. He immediately goes on a spending spree, doing good deeds for friends and strangers alike, worrying June Baylin, his fiancée. Kitty Brent helps him with some steamship tickets, so Tom wants to do something nice in return. Kitty says her marriage to fiancé Kenneth is on hold until he can sell an insurance policy to a milkman named Baglipp. An overly optimistic Tom assures her she'll be married by the next morning. His schemes to make Baglipp take the policy ends up getting Tom and Kitty into all kinds of trouble, including involvement with a robbery. By morning, both their sweethearts are exasperated. June breaks off her engagement with Tom, who realizes that overnight he's fallen for Kitty. As soon as she begins feeling the same way, Tom assures her that she might end up married this very day.

Cast

* Robert Young as Tom Wakefield *

as Kitty Brent *

as June Baylin *

Barnett Parker Barnett Parker (September 11, 1886 – August 5, 1941) was a British actor. Biography He appeared in the films '' The Misleading Lady'', '' Roaming Lady'', '' The President's Mystery'', '' Adventure in Manhattan'', ''Born to Dance'', '' We Who A ...

as Tweed *

Warren Hymer Edgar Warren Hymer (February 25, 1906 – March 25, 1948) was an American theatre and film actor. Early life He was born in New York City. His father, John Bard Hymer (1875/1876 – 1953) was a playwright (with nine Broadway plays to ...

as Harry *

Helen Flint Helen Flint (June 14, 1898Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 247. – September 9, 1967) was an American actress. Early life and caree ...

as Miss Fleeter *

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as Mrs. Baglipp *

Hugh Marlowe Hugh Marlowe (born Hugh Herbert Hipple; January 30, 1911May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage, and radio actor. Early life Marlowe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born Hugh Herbert Hipple. He was of primarily Engl ...

as Kenneth * Tom Kennedy as Mr. Baglipp *

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as Police Sergeant

Reception

According to MGM records the movie earned $319,000 in the US and Canada and $129,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $90,000.

References

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