Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 10m

Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast poster
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Carole Lombard as Kay Colby Preston Foster as Scott Miller Cesar Romero as Bill Wadsworth Janet Beecher as Mrs. Colby Betty Lawford as Countess Jane Campanella Forrester Harvey as Chief Steward
Crew
Ted Tetzlaff — Director of Photography Maurice Wright — Editor Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer Herbert Fields — Screenplay Preston Sturges — Writer Harry Clork — Writer
Tagline

It was love at first FIGHT!... So they married in HATE and lived SCRAPPILY ever after!

Synopsis

Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.

Trailer Love Before Breakfast — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
businessmanhorseback ridingocean linerengagementscrewball comedycontessa
Key Collaborators
Walter Lang Director Ted Tetzlaff Director of Photography Maurice Wright Editor Franz Waxman Original Music Composer Herbert Fields Screenplay Preston Sturges Writer Harry Clork Writer Samuel Hoffenstein Writer Doris Malloy Writer Gertrude Purcell Writer Faith Baldwin Novel Claude Binyon Story
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