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You Can't Beat Love (1937)

You Can't Beat Love

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1h 2m

Comedy, Romance

June 25th, 1937

5.8/10

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The film begins with a knuckle-head playboy (Preston Foster) working on a road crew dressed in a tux in order to win a bet. Apparently, this guy will take on any bet or act on a whim. This becomes very apparent when he disrupts a food giveaway hosted by the mayor's daughter and as a result of this, he announces he's running for mayor--though he seems very much apolitical and has no interest in the job. Later, when he once again meets up with the mayor's daughter (Joan Fontaine) they supposedly fall in love--although there seemed to be little chemistry between them and it made very little sense for Fontaine to suddenly love a guy she so quickly hated at the beginning of the film. Plus, she really had plenty of reason to dislike the guy.

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Cast

Preston Foster
James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes
Joan Fontaine
Trudy Olson
Herbert Mundin
Jasper 'Meadows' Hives
William Brisbane
Clem Bruner
Alan Bruce
Scoop Gallagher
Paul Hurst
Foreman Butch Mehaffey
Bradley Page
Dwight Parsons
Berton Churchill
Police Chief Brennan
Frank M. Thomas
Mayor Olson
Harold Huber
Pretty Boy Jones
Full cast & crew

Directors

Christy Cabanne
Full cast & crew

Producers

Samuel J. Briskin
executive producer
(uncredited)
Robert Sisk
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Olga Moore
(story "Quintuplets to You")
Maxwell Shane
screenplay
David Silverstein
screenplay
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Romantic Fireworks! ( original print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Tech Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - Jan. 21, 1938)
He Never Backed Down on a Dare! (original print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Tech Theatre - Jan. 21, 1938)
Romance wins the votes...in the battle of ballots between the man who never took a dare and the most kissable girl in town! (Print Ad-Windsor Daily Star, ((Windsor, PO)) 30 October 1937)

Keywords

forbidden love
love
lawyer
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

June 25th, 1937 (United States of America)
June 25th, 1937 (United States of America) theatrical

Alternative Titles

You Can't Beat Love (original title)
A Sorte não Se Compra (Brazil)
No luches contra el amor (Spain)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

62 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures (presents)

Distribution Companies

RKO Radio Pictures (United States of America) (A Radio Picture)
C&C Television Corporation (United States of America)

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