Little Man, What Now?

Jun 4, 1934

1h 38m

★ 6.3

Any man who has ever lost his job, or any young wife who has bravely tried to comfort him will thrill to the tenderness, the courage, the gay humor of this idyl of young love which all the brutal cruelty of those bitter times could not destroy!

Overview

A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Little Man, What Now? Trailers

Cast

Lammchen

Margaret Sullavan

Hans Pinneberg

Douglass Montgomery

Holgar Jachman

Alan Hale

Mia Pinneberg (as Catharine Doucet)

Catherine Doucet

Emil Kleninholz

DeWitt Jennings

Herr Heilbutt (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)

G.P. Huntley

Marie Kleinholz

Muriel Kirkland

Karl Goebbler

Fred Kohler

His Wife

Mae Marsh

Emil

Donald Haines

Herr Puttbreese

Christian Rub

Franz Schlüter

Alan Mowbray

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