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Rich Man, Poor Girl

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Rich Man, Poor Girl
Directed byReinhold Schünzel
Written byEdgar Franklin
Screenplay byJoseph Fields
Jerome Chodorov
Based onWhite Collars
1925 play
by Edith Ellis
Produced byEdward Chodorov
StarringRobert Young
Lew Ayres
Ruth Hussey
CinematographyRay June
Edited byFrank E. Hull
Music byWilliam Axt
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • August 12, 1938 (1938-08-12)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$240,000[1]
Box office$498,000[1]

Rich Man, Poor Girl is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey and Lew Ayres.[2] The film is a remake of the 1929 film The Idle Rich.[3] This was Lana Turner's second appearance as an MGM star.

Plot

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The wealthy young businessman Bill Harrison moves in with secretary girlfriend Joan Thayer's eccentric family to convince her they can make their marriage work.

Cast

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Box office

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According to MGM records the film earned $340,000 in the US and Canada and $158,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $240,000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) - IMDb". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) - Reinhold Schünzel | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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