Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1937 · 1h 12m

Life Begins with Love

Director

Cast

Jean Parker as Carole Martin Douglass Montgomery as William Addington Drake IV Edith Fellows as Dodie Martin Leona Maricle as Millicent Bonham Lumsden Hare as Col. William Addington Drake III Aubrey Mather as Roberts

Crew

Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography Viola Lawrence — Editor Thomas Mitchell — Screenplay Dorothy Bennett — Story Myles Connolly — Producer Robert Kalloch — Costume Design

Tagline

MODERN YOUTH HAS ITS FLING...IN A ROARING ROMANCE THAT MAKES THE RAFTERS RING!

Synopsis

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Ray McCarey Director Lucien Ballard Director of Photography Viola Lawrence Editor Thomas Mitchell Screenplay Dorothy Bennett Story Myles Connolly Producer Robert Kalloch Costume Design

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