Breakfast for Two (1937) (original) (raw)
Order great stars, screwball comedy and loads of lovely money and you have BREAKFAST FOR TWO. Barbara Stanwyck, fresh off her triumph in the heart-wrenching STELLA DALLAS, goes sunny-side up as Valentine Ransome, an heiress who uses her wits, beauty and bankroll to make a marrying man out of an irresponsible playboy (Herbert Marshall). And there's lots more fun on the menu: Glenda Farrell as a feather-headed Broadway baby, Eric Blore as a crafty gentleman's gentleman and a Great Dane named Pee Wee as a playboy's best friend. Will Valentine fight for her man? You bet - and in one memorable ...(more)
Order great stars, screwball comedy and loads of lovely money and you have BREAKFAST FOR TWO. Barbara Stanwyck, fresh off her triumph in the heart-wrenching STELLA DALLAS, goes sunny-side up as Valentine Ransome, an heiress who uses her wits, beauty and bankroll to make a marrying man out of an irresponsible playboy (Herbert Marshall). And there's lots more fun on the menu: Glenda Farrell as a feather-headed Broadway baby, Eric Blore as a crafty gentleman's gentleman and a Great Dane named Pee Wee as a playboy's best friend. Will Valentine fight for her man? You bet - and in one memorable scene she even straps on boxing gloves to do it! (less)
Director: Alfred Santell
Writers: Charles Kaufman, Paul Yawitz, Viola Brothers Shore, David Garth, Horace Jackson, Jack Mintz
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Donald Meek, Etienne Girardot
Producers: Edward Kaufman, Samuel J. Briskin
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