"When she met her man she forgot her millions — and was just a woman in LOVE!"

1932

1h 11m

6.7(11 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Carole Lombard

Annie Holt

Lyle Talbot

Tony Gage

Walter Connolly

Bill Holt

Louise Closser Hale

Grandma Holt

Allen Vincent

Dick

C. Aubrey Smith

Jerome Cedric

Ruthelma Stevens

Rita

Arthur Housman

Serge

William V. Mong

Burkehart

Jameson Thomas

Prince Carlos

Creative team

Directed by: Walter Lang
Written by: Grace Perkins
Gertrude Purcell

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