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Small Town Girl

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Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.

Release Date : 1936-04-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Katherine 'Kay' Brannan

Original Name : Janet Gaynor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin

Original Name : Robert Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priscilla Hyde

Original Name : Binnie Barnes

Gender : Female

Character Name : George Brannan

Original Name : Andy Devine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Dakin

Original Name : Lewis Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ma Brannan

Original Name : Elizabeth Patterson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Will "Pa" Brannan

Original Name : Frank Craven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elmer Clampett

Original Name : James Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emily 'Em' Brannan

Original Name : Isabel Jewell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Ned Fabre

Original Name : Charley Grapewin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Dakin

Original Name : Nella Walker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Childers, Dakin's Butler

Original Name : Robert Greig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Mack

Original Name : Edgar Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : So-So

Original Name : Willie Fung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Catherine (uncredited)

Original Name : Agnes Ayres

Gender : Female

Character Name : Concierge (uncredited)

Original Name : Leonard Carey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeffers Cass, J.P. (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Carle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Claire Du Brey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chick Page (uncredited)

Original Name : Douglas Fowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wing (uncredited)

Original Name : Chester Gan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cissie (uncredited)

Original Name : Nora Lane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Felicia (uncredited)

Original Name : Drue Leyton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wedding Celebrant (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Livingston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Original Name : Claire McDowell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Bill Underwood (uncredited)

Original Name : George Meeker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Harold Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dance Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Moorhouse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)

Original Name : Dennis O'Keefe

Gender : Male

Character Name : College Boy in Car (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Wessel

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

An ideal example of "act in haste, repent at leisure" this one, as poor old "Rob Dakin" (Robert Taylor) quite literally stumbles upon the bored "Kay" (Janet Gaynor) in her out of the way town. She takes an immediate shine to him, and on his drunken whim they marry... Next morning, he wakes up with a bit more than an hangover but his well-to-do parents insist that they sit tight for six months before divorcing. Less scandalous that way? Needless to say, his erstwhile fiancée "Priscilla" (Binnie Barnes) is none to pleased by her now ex-beau's activities - and "Kay" is still quite keen to hang onto to him. What will the six months bring? It's an enjoyable - if predictable - little caper this, with both Taylor and Gaynor on fine form. The comedy is simple, but still quite engaging and Binnie Barnes and Andy Divine (or, more specifically, his falsetto voice) work well to keep the pace moving along nicely. It is too long - the middle of the film has a bit of a paunch to it, but when the two at the top of the bill are on screen together, it's an amiable enough film to watch.