Fools for Scandal
1938 film by Mervyn LeRoy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fools for Scandal is a 1938 screwball comedy film starring Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravet, featuring Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins, Isabel Jeans, Marie Wilson and Marcia Ralston, and produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It was written by Herbert Fields and Joseph Fields with additional dialogue by Irving Brecher, and uncredited contributions by others[3] based on the unproduced[1] 1936 play Return Engagement by Nancy Hamilton, James Shute and Rosemary Casey.[4] The songs are by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
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Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy Bobby Connolly ("Le Petit Harlem" sequence) |
Screenplay by | Herbert Fields Joseph Fields Irving Brecher (add'l dialogue) Uncredited: Julius J. Epstein[1] Philip G. Epstein[1] Edith Fitzgerald Robert Rossen[1] |
Based on | Return Engagement (unproduced 1936 play) by Nancy Hamilton James Shute Rosemary Casey |
Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Starring | Carole Lombard Fernand Gravet |
Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
Edited by | William Holmes |
Music by | Songs: Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart (lyrics) |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.3 million[2] |
Fools for Scandal is now best remembered as one of Lombard's worst films and one that set her on the course for seeking dramatic roles for the next few years.[citation needed]