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  • Expensive Husbands (1937)
  • Passed
    62 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Expensive Husbands (1937)
Passed
62 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

The career of Hollywood actress Laurine Lynne is on the decline. In negotiation with her press agent Joe Craig, Associated, her studio, is contemplating not executing her contract extension option as she is losing roles once that naturally...See moreThe career of Hollywood actress Laurine Lynne is on the decline. In negotiation with her press agent Joe Craig, Associated, her studio, is contemplating not executing her contract extension option as she is losing roles once that naturally would have gone to her to her contemporaries. Taking the play from one of those contemporaries who won a role solely on her notoriety of marrying someone with a title, Laurine, already in a public relationship with polo player Ricky Preston, places a discreet ad looking to pay to enter into a marriage of convenience with someone of royalty. She is surprised that the person answering the ad is the not very adept and very forthright hotel waiter she met earlier on a trip to Vienna. He, really Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau, is equally as surprised by the identity of the ad placer. She eventually learns the Prince has had a number of odd jobs like that of waiter since the war, presumably the reason he lost his money, and is working all these odd jobs solely for money, why he has answered the ad for this lucrative paying "job". Even Joseph, the Prince's still faithful servant, doesn't know why the Prince wants only to earn 200 shillings before moving on from each job. While their marriage does have the intended effect of boosting her career, it also adds some complications to her life, one being his extravagant spending which may ruin her financially. Another issue is that both, while entering into that marriage as a platonic relationship and even on the premise that it may be a long distance one in he needing to "maintain his royal duties" in Europe, have actually fallen in love with the other, misadventures which ensue in both taking actions so as to hide his/her feelings. Written by Huggo See less
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Director
Writers
Lillie Hayward (screenplay) | Jean Negulesco (screenplay) | Jay Brennan (screenplay) | Kyrill DeShishmareff (original story) (as Kyrill de Shishmareff)
Producer
Cinematographer
James Van Trees (photography)
Editor
Louis Hesse (as Lou Hesse)
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Updated Nov 9, 1937

Release date
Nov 27, 1937 (United States)

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31 cast members
Name Known for
Patric Knowles
Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau   See fewer
Beverly Roberts
Laurine Lynne Laurine Lynne   See fewer
Allyn Joslyn
Joe Craig Joe Craig   See fewer
Gordon Oliver
Ricky Preston Ricky Preston   See fewer
Vladimir Sokoloff
Andrew Brenner Andrew Brenner   See fewer
Eula Guy
Trommy Trommy   See fewer
Robert Fischer
Joseph (as Robert C. Fischer) Joseph (as Robert C. Fischer)   See fewer
Fritz Feld
Herr Meyer Herr Meyer   See fewer
John Butler
Savage (scenes deleted) Savage (scenes deleted)   See fewer
Ann Codee
Maria Maria   See fewer
George Humbert
Giovanni Giovanni   See fewer
Otto Fries
Franz Franz   See fewer
Elsa Peterson
Icy Lady (scenes deleted) Icy Lady (scenes deleted)   See fewer
Myrtle Stedman
Nurse (scenes deleted) Nurse (scenes deleted)   See fewer
Sam Ash
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
George Calliga
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Glen Cavender
Austrian Policeman at Jail (uncredited) Austrian Policeman at Jail (uncredited)   See fewer
Gino Corrado
Austrian Hotel Staff Member (uncredited) Austrian Hotel Staff Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Lester Dorr
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
Marion Feducha
Busboy (uncredited) Busboy (uncredited)   See fewer
Raoul Freeman
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Graham
Photographer at Polo Game (uncredited) Photographer at Polo Game (uncredited)   See fewer
Stuart Holmes
Castle Servant at End (uncredited) Castle Servant at End (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Mayo
Motion Picture Director (uncredited) Motion Picture Director (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Mower
Frederick (uncredited) Frederick (uncredited)   See fewer
Sandra Ramoy
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
Loretta Russell
Polo Match Spectator (uncredited) Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Russell
Polo Match Spectator (uncredited) Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Janet Shaw
Telephone Operator (uncredited) Telephone Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Rosella Towne
Brenner's Receptionist (uncredited) Brenner's Receptionist (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeff York
Announcer at Polo Game (uncredited) Announcer at Polo Game (uncredited)   See fewer
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