Film
I'll Take Romance
United States- Director
- Edward H. Griffith
- Year
- 1937
Romance in Swing-Time!
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Top cast
Grace Moore
Elsa Terry
Melvyn Douglas
James Guthrie
Helen Westley
Madame Della aka Madella
Stuart Erwin
'Pancho' Brown
Margaret Hamilton
Margot
Walter Kingsford
William Kane
Richard Carle
Rudi
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Monsieur Ginard
Esther Muir
Panda
Frank Forest
Pinkerton
Walter O. Stahl
Johan
Barry Norton
Juan
Lucio Villegas
Señor Montez
Gennaro Curci
Bondini
Marek Windheim
Henri
Mariska Aldrich
Client in Kane's Waiting Room
Meeka Aldrich
Minor Role
William Bailey
Client in Kane's Waiting Room
Directed by
Edward H. Griffith
Written by
Stephen Morehouse Avery, Jane Murfin, George Oppenheimer
