Four's a Crowd (1938)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Wallace Sullivan (story)
Casey Robinson (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 September 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Two's company, three's a triangle but "Four's a Crowd!"

Plot:

Robert will do anything to get the big account that has eluded him. His public relations business makes public angels of rich scoundrels...

Plot Keywords:

Public Relations | Justice Of The Peace | Newspaper | Secretary | Deception

Cast

Errol Flynn	...	Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford
Olivia de Havilland	...	Lorri Dillingwell
Rosalind Russell	...	Jean Christy
Patric Knowles	...	Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
Walter Connolly	...	John P. Dillingwell
Hugh Herbert	...	Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace
Melville Cooper	...	Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Franklin Pangborn	...	Preston
Herman Bing	...	Herman, Barber
Margaret Hamilton	...	Amy, Dillingwell's Housekeeper
Joseph Crehan	...	Butler Pierce
Joe Cunningham	...	Ed Young
Dennie Moore	...	Buckley's Secretary (scenes deleted)
Gloria Blondell	...	Gertrude, Lansford's 1st Secretary
Carole Landis	...	Myrtle, Lansford's 2nd Secretary

Also Known As:

All Rights Reserved (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4151)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Charles Judels was signed to a role in the film, but was not seen. Dennie Moore, credited onscreen as Buckley's Secretary, was also not seen.

Quotes:

Jean Christy: I'm in love with a man whom I dislike intensely, who'd cheat me, who'd lie to me, whom I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw the Queen Mary. I...
Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford: You... you don't mean me, do you?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bridal Chorus

Could of Been Better, if There was a Different Writer and Director

Four's a Crowd is a silly, goofy, and at times hard to follow comedy with the all-star duo of Errol Flynn and Olivia deHavilland. The film at times is funny and boring. There is a lot of telephone conversations featured in the film and it gets kind of tiring after awhile. Errol Flynn is at his goofiest in this role. This role is unlike his others in past roles. Roles such as Robin Hood, Captain Blood, and The Charge of the Light Brigade, where in those roles he plays jolly, kind, respected people. In Four's a Crowd he's a crude, annoying, and pushy person. Even Olivia deHavilland's role is different from her past ones. In this movie she's downright annoying and childish. She was 22 at the time and she acts like a 15 year old. The script of this movie is rather poor and includes segments in the film that have "been there, done that" written all over. This could of been a great and funny movie if there was a stronger script and director. Michael Curtiz doesn't have to direct every film Errol Flynn was in. There more actors to work with, then just Errol. I perfer Roual Walsh and William Kieghley's work with Errol Flynn than Kurtiz's. *1/2 out of ****