They Wanted to Marry

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Betty Furness and Gordon Jones in They Wanted to Marry (1937)

Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even lik... Read allNewspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.

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Betty Furness

Sheila

Gordon Jones

E.E. Clive

Stiles

Patsy Parsons

Patsy
(as Patsy Lee Parsons)

Henry Kolker

Mr. Hunter

Frank M. Thomas

Detective

Charles C. Wilson

Clark
(as Charles Wilson)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Freckles
(as William Benedict)

Diana Gibson

Helen

Edmund Cobb

Hatcheck Servant at Wedding Reception
(unconfirmed)

John Shelton

George
(unconfirmed)

Jack Adair

Casino Doorman
(uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Mason
(uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Newspaper Messenger
(uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

Roger Coleman
(uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Police Turnkey
(uncredited)

Eddie Clayton

Minor Role
(uncredited)

George Davis

Paul
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Ray Mayer and Moroni Olsen were in a Hollywood Reporter cast list for this movie, but they did not appear.

Goofs
When the camera pulls back from a close up of Jim behind bars after he snapped the picture at the gambling joint, the supposed iron bar on the right comes into place initially at an angle, revealing its motion is due to a stage hand and not an optical effect from the movement of the camera.

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6/10

Enjoyable and fun.

Jim (Gordon Jones) is a very successful newspaper photographer because he always seems to be able to get great candid shots. His latest assignment involves sneaking into a swanky society wedding and capturing a few pictures of a reclusive millionaire. He is discovered and runs...and ends up hiding in the bedroom of the millionaire's daughter, Sheila (Betty Furness). But instead of turning him in to her father's private detectives, she hides him as she finds Jim to be a nice alternative to the society guys she usually meets. Soon the pair fall in love though her father is NOT happy. What's next? See the film.

I really enjoyed this film, though I disliked one portion near the end...when Sheila gets angry with Jim and breaks things off. This really didn't make much sense and it felt more like a plot device than a logical and believable plot twist. Fortunately, the rest of the film is quite good and likable...with clever dialog and a lot of fun.