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58% Critic Match
They Wanted to Marry
“Perfectly matched! Her blue-blood background and his yellow journal foreground was the match that set fire to Park Avenue!”
5.8 / 10• 1937• 1h 0m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.
Cast & Crew
Betty Furness
Sheila Hunter
Lead
Gordon Jones
Jim Tyler
E. E. Clive
Stiles
Patsy Parsons
Patsy
Henry Kolker
Mr. Hunter
Frank M. Thomas
Detective
Charles Cahill Wilson
Clark
William Benedict
Freckles
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lew Landers's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. They Wanted to Marry is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
