“RIOTOUS ROMANTIC COMEDY!”
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Richard Boleslawski
Sidney Buchman
Joseph Walker
William Grant Still
Irene Dunne
Theodora Lynn
Melvyn Douglas
Michael Grant
Thomas Mitchell
Jed Waterbury
Thurston Hall
Arthur Stevenson
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Mary
Margaret McWade
Aunt Elsie
Spring Byington
Rebecca Perry
Nana Bryant
Ethel Stevenson
Henry Kolker
Jonathan Grant
Leona Maricle
Agnes Grant
Robert Greig
Uncle John
Frederick Burton
Governor Wyatt
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Irene Dunne takes top billing here, but as usual it's Melvyn Douglas who steals the show - this time alongside an on form Thomas Mitchell. It's the latter man, "Jed", who is the editor of the local newspaper who has spent a small fortune on the serialisation rights to a best selling and rather steam...
Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Trailer
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