They Wanted to Marry

Feb 5, 1937

1h 0m

★ 5.0

Perfectly matched! Her blue-blood background and his yellow journal foreground was the match that set fire to Park Avenue!

Overview

Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

They Wanted to Marry Trailers

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Cast

Sheila Hunter

Betty Furness

Jim Tyler

Gordon Jones

Stiles

E. E. Clive

Patsy

Patsy Parsons

Mr. Hunter

Henry Kolker

Detective

Frank M. Thomas

Clark

Charles C. Wilson

Freckles

William Benedict

Helen

Diana Gibson

Paul (uncredited)

George Davis

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