The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1936
Love Before Breakfast
Directed by
Walter Lang
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
The story
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Cast
Carole LombardKay Colby
Preston FosterScott Miller
Cesar RomeroBill Wadsworth
Janet BeecherMrs. Colby
Betty LawfordCountess Jane Campanella
Forrester HarveyChief Steward
Richard CarleBrinkerhoff
Joyce ComptonMary Lee
Bert RoachThe Host
Diana GibsonThe Secretary
George BerangerCharles (uncredited)
Donald BriggsStuart Farnum (uncredited)
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E. E. CliveYacht Captain (uncredited)
Edward EarleQuartermaster (uncredited)
Jay EatonNight Club Patron (uncredited)
Pat FlahertyBouncer (uncredited)
Bess FlowersExtra as Diner at Dubin's (uncredited)
Nan GreyTelephone Girl (uncredited)
Mia IchiokaYuki - Kay's Maid (uncredited)
George MagrillSailor (uncredited)
Ralph MaloneCollege Boy (uncredited)
Alphonse MartellHeadwaiter at Dubin's (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseBrokerage Clerk (uncredited)
Jack MowerDoorman (uncredited)
Dennis O'KeefeCollege Boy (uncredited)
Larry SteersDubin's Diner Customer (uncredited)
Charles TannenClerk (uncredited)
Sammee TongSteward (uncredited)
Theodore von EltzClerk (uncredited)
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