Marry the Girl is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann. The 68 minute film, set at a newspaper syndicate, was written by Sig Herzig and Pat C. Flick, shot by cinematographer Arthur L. Todd, and was produced by Bryan Foy and Jack L. Warner under the Warner Bros. Pictures banner.
Plot
Ollie Radway is a daffy dowager who, with equally eccentric brother John, runs a thriving newspaper. After firing the managing editor for failing to keep her niece Virginia out of the newspaper business, she hands the job to David Partridge, a minor employee with a crush on the girl. In short order, Partridge is assigned to keep Virginia away from fortune-hunting editorial artist Dimitri Kyeff.
Cast Mary Boland as Ollie Radway Frank McHugh as David 'Party' Partridge Hugh Herbert as John B. Radway Carol Hughes as Virginia Radway Allen Jenkins as Specs Mischa Auer as Dimitri Kyeff Alan Mowbray as Dr. Hayden Stryker Hugh O'Connell as Michael 'Mike' Forrester Teddy Hart as Biff Tom Kennedy as Jasper Dewey Robinson as Buster Arthur Aylesworth as Third Southerner Olin Howland as First Southerner William B. Davidson as Drake Charles Judels as Andre Victor Antoine Descate
Critical reception Harrison's Reports provided a negative review, and wrote, "Poor! Competent comedians such as Mary Boland, Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer, Alan Mowbray, and Allen Jenkins, struggle helplessly through their lines: they would have to be magicians to have put life into their parts. The story makes no sense; the characters, judged by what they say or do, seem insane."
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