Love Before Breakfast

1936
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1h 10m

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Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast (1936)

A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.

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6.2/10

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Carole Lombard

Kay Colby

Preston Foster

Scott Miller

Cesar Romero

Bill Wadsworth

Janet Beecher

Mrs. Colby

Betty Lawford

Countess Campanella

Richard Carle

Brinkerhoff

Forrester Harvey

Chief Steward

Joyce Compton

Mary Lee

Bert Roach

Party Host

Diana Gibson

Secretary
(as Diane Gibson)

Nan Grey

Telephone Girl

David Worth

College Boy

George Beranger

Charles
(as George Andre Beranger)

Sylvia Andrew

Secretary
(uncredited)

William Arnold

Waiter
(uncredited)

Jimmy Aye

Petty Officer
(uncredited)

Ed Barton

Jerry - Cabby
(uncredited)

Jay Belasco

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Although Faith Baldwin is credited onscreen as writer of a novel, it was actually just a short story in a magazine. No novel was ever published.

Goofs
About 5 minutes into the movie, a horse-drawn taxi backs into a car & damages it's left headlight but in the next scene, it is the right headlight that is damaged & even more so.

Quotes
Kay Colby: Incidentally, what's happened to the Count? Where is he?
Scott Miller: Where are the snows of yesteryear?
Kay Colby: Where the woodbine twineth.
Scott Miller: That's where the Count is.

Crazy credits
Card after ending credits: "Thank You"

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD: " LA BISBETICA INNAMORATA (1938) + FESTA D'AMORE (1945)", distributed by DNA Srl (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Referenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: Carole Lombard (1961)

Soundtracks
The Old Gray Mare
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by the college boys after the brawl

Last Night I watched A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)a movie that supposedly represents a modern day romantic comedy, I didn't get one laugh and the bevy of actresses in that movie all combined couldn't compare to Carole Lombard.

I love Lombard's movies she's always entertaining as well as strikingly beautiful, this movie came out the same year as "My Man Godfrey" and while this movie can't compare to Godfrey I think Carole with her starring role in this film is more of a showcase for her. The plot is nothing special, spoiled rich girl and powerful businessman go head to head, but it's the performances especially the chemistry between Lombard and Preston that make this movie worth seeing.