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Merrily We Live

United States

1938

95 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
English
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DIR Norman Z. McLeod

EXEC Milton H. Bren

PROD Hal Roach

SCR Eddie Moran, Jack Jevne

DP Norbert Brodine

CAST Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Pasty Kelly, Ann Dvorak, Bonita Granville

ED William H. Terhune

SOUND William M. Randall Jr.

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Synopsis

Dizzy society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome “tramp” who shows up at her doorstep and soon ends up in a chauffeur’s uniform. He also catches the eye of her pretty daughter Geraldine. —IMDb

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Norman Z. McLeod

Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, cartoonist and writer.

McLeod made several successful and influential movies such as Taking A Chance (1928), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1933), Topper (1937) and Merrily We Live (1938). Other memorable films directed by McLeod includes It’s a Gift (1934) with W. C. Fields, and the Danny Kaye comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and The Paleface starring Bob Hope (1948).

His nickname, as recorded on a publicity still on the set of Monkey Business, was “Macko.”

He was educated at the University of Washington and spent two years as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Service in France during World War I. He was married to Evelyn Ward. He died, aged 65, following a stroke. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. —Wikipedia 

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