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.
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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."