Yours for the Asking is a 1936 American comedy film starring George Raft as a casino owner and Dolores Costello as the socialite he hires as hostess. The movie also features Ida Lupino and was directed by Alexander Hall.Yours for the Asking Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 3, Iss. 25, (Jan 1, 1936): 136.
Plot Johnny Lamb runs a secret casino in Miami. He meets impoverished socialite Lucille Sutton and decides to open a casino at her mansion. His friends worry Lucille will ruin Johnny so they hire con artists Gertie Malloy and Dictionary McKinney to impersonate socialites to seduce Johnny. Johnny falls for Gertie and asks for Lucille's help in wooing her.
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Production The film was known as The Duchess. Paramount announced it in October 1935 with Raft attached from the beginning. He was to make it after It Had to Happen which he did at Fox. The title was changed to Yours for the Asking in April 1936.SCREEN NOTES New York Times a22 Apr 1936: 28.
Groucho Marx, Charles Ruggles and Tookie Spreckles appeared as extras when the film shot some footage on Coronado IslandEverett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 71 at the Hotel del Coronado.
Reception The film made a small profit.
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