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Expensive Husbands
“Your name my be Rupert...But it ought to be Bill...BILL...BILL!”
5.9 / 10• 1937• 1h 2m•NR• English
RomanceComedy
Storyline
Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?
Cast & Crew
Patric Knowles
Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
Lead
Beverly Roberts
Laurine Lynne
Allyn Joslyn
Joe Craig
Gordon Oliver
Ricky Preston
Vladimir Sokoloff
Herr Andrew Brenner
Eula Guy
Trommy, Laurine's Maid
Fritz Feld
Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
Ann Codee
Maria
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bobby Connolly's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Expensive Husbands is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
